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Budget impact on air services

Posted on February 8, 2012 by newsroom

In his budget speech, Finance Secretary John Swinney, committed Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Funding, Hebridean islands, Politics, Tourism | Tagged A83, air discount, airports, Argyll, budget, campbeltown, Coll, Colonsay, development, Finance Secretary, Greens, HIAL, islay, john swinney, lifeline air services, Oban, Patrick Harvie, roads, Scottish Government, tiree | 4 Comments

Colonsay publisher House of Lochar brings complete operation in-house

Posted on February 5, 2012 by newsroom

House of Lochar, the Colonsay-based publishing house that, just over two years ago, Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Hebridean islands, Literature | Tagged Argyll, Book of Islay, Colonsay, distribution, House of Lochar, in house, Kevin Byrne, publishing, warehousing | Leave a comment

Alexander says Highlands neglected by Scottish Government in transport funding

Posted on September 28, 2011 by newsroom

The Lib Dem’s Treasury Secretary, Danny Alexander – whose hair Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Hebridean islands, Politics, Tourism | Tagged Argyll, Central Belt, Colonsay, Danny Alexander, ginger rodent, hair, Highlands, RET, transport funding, Western Isles | 4 Comments

Argyll islands lead the way in campervan control

Posted on September 13, 2011 by newsroom

The Scottish Government conducted and extended the Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) scheme, Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Environment, Hebridean islands, Tiree, Tourism, Tourism activities | Tagged Argyll, banning, campervans, Colonsay, control, crofters, designated sites, ferries, recession, RET, tiree, Western Isles | 35 Comments

Colonsay Festival of Spring 2011

Posted on April 27, 2011 by newsroom

COLONSAY’s Festival of Spring is a new event for Argyll and for Colonsay,  Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Festivals, Hebridean islands, Tourism activities | Tagged Argyll, CalMac, Ceol Cholasa, Colonsay, Festival of Spring, Hebridean Airways, music festival | Leave a comment

Air medevac from PS Waverley at Colonsay

Posted on April 23, 2011 by newsroom

RN SAR helicopter at Coonsay PIer for Waverley passenger medevac. Photo Andrew Macgregor

Yesterday evening (23rd April 2011) the Paddle Steamer Waverley Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Hebridean islands, News, Rescue, Tourism | Tagged airlift, Andrew MacGregor, Argyll, Colonsay, MedEvac, Passenger, PS Waverley, rescue, Royal Navy, SAR helicopter | Leave a comment

Colonsay’s model Duchess of Buccleuch dies

Posted on April 23, 2011 by newsroom

The 81 year old former Jane McNeill from Argyll’s Isle of Colonsay, Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Hebridean islands, People | Tagged Argyll, Colonsay, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Jane McNeill | Leave a comment

Update: security of power supply to Islay and Colonsay

Posted on October 14, 2010 by newsroom

Three weeks ago a fault on Scottish and Southern Energy’s (SSE) subsea cable between Jura and Islay Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Hebridean islands, Islay | Tagged Argyll, bowmore, clam dredger, Colonsay, generators, islay, Jura, oil storage, power supply, Security of power supply to Islay and Colonsay :Argyll, Sound of Islay, SSE, subsea cable | Leave a comment

Mischief afoot as LibDem MEP uses Brussels to query RET legality

Posted on September 22, 2010 by newsroom

George Lyon, the LibDem Scottish MEP, formerly the LibDem MSP for Argyll and Bute Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Hebridean islands, Politics, Tourism activities | Tagged Argyll, Argyll islands, Business, Colonsay, competitiveness, economic impact, George Lyon MEP, RET scheme, SNP, visitors | 1 Comment

Colonsay, suffering from RET exclusion, faces a further year’s loss

Posted on September 3, 2010 by newsroom

The Scottish Government introduced the Road Equivalent Tariff (RET)  pilot Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Hebridean islands, Tourism | Tagged Argyll, Colonsay, Colonsay Marketing Group, economic damage, exclusion, fragile economy, RET, Transport Minister, visitor numbers | Leave a comment

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