For Argyll

The Isle of Jura has three real successes to toast. The award of funding to the project to develop the Antlers building as a tearoom, interpretation and craft centre is one. The second is the successful launch of the fast…

Over sixty islanders on Jura turned up to a meeting with senior Argyll and Bute Council officers involved in the disastrous contract for the new slipway at Port Askaig on Islay. This is so flawed that it cannot safely be…

Alan Hinnrichs from Scotland Against Criminalising Communities has, through a freedom of Information request, forced a disclosure from Argyll and Bute Council that gives grave cause for concern. The council has admitted to using legislation introduced to combat terrorism and organised…

Only a few months into the financial year, rocketing fuel costs are blowing apart Argyll and Bute Council’s annual budgets. The 2008 - 2009 budget for vehicle fuel is about £1million yet on current costs alone, that budget wll be…

The Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (ICZM) for Loch Fyne is to be submitted in draft form to relevant area committees of Argyll and Bute Council in the first week in August. This will be followed by a six week…

Argyll and Bute Council has announced that it has entered into a Service Level Agreement with Kilmartin House Museum and Auchindrain Museum whereby Campbeltown Museum now has three specialist staff, including an archaeologist, a social historian and an education specialist.

The…

Campbeltown Museum has been re-opened in a ‘ribbon cutting’ ceremony by Councillor Douglas Philand, Argyll and Bute Council’s spokesperson for Arts and Culture

The Museum’s collections cover the subject areas of archaeology, coins and medals, fine art, maritime, science and technology…

Cairndow’s Here We Are Centre, a specialist service on the area’s folk history, has been given £10,000 by Argyll and Bute Council. The money will support the Centre’s operations until the revenue from its innovative wood chipping plant - begun…

For the past ten years Argyll and Bute Council, sponsor of Duchess Wood in Helensburgh, has worked to develop the wood’s network of paths and bridges and make it easier for the public to use this local nature reserve. Duchess…

Following James MacLellan’s retirement as CEO at Argyll and Bute Council, Sally Reid, currently Head of Performance and Human Resources at Midlothian Council and just appointed to the Scottish Government’s Lifelong Learning Directorate, has been selected for the post. Her…