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Argyll takes worst hit on Revenue office closures

Thursday, 4th December, 2008 | Business, Local Government, News | None

It has been confirmed today (4th December 2008) that 20 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offices across Scotland are to close. Three are in Argyll - the worst hit of any Scottish local authority.

Argyll revenue offices now confirmed for closure…

Argyll & Bute Council buys its way out of a tight spot on waterfront development funding - but Argyll’s the winner

Friday, 28th November, 2008 | Business, Environment, Local Government, News | None

Argyll and Bute Council set up competitive bidding for funding from a £10 million prize pot for waterfront development.

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Council to provide video links for passport interviews

Friday, 21st November, 2008 | News, Tourism | None

From November onwards, Argyll and Bute Council buildings in Campbeltown, Lochgilphead, Crossapol, Bowmore, Tobermory, Dunoon and Rothesay will provide a secure video link to a passport interviewer.

This is an imaginative and helpful initiative, given the sprawling territory of Argyll and the islands…

Independent consultants’ ranking published for Argyll’s £10m five town contest for waterfront development

Thursday, 20th November, 2008 | Funding, Local Government, News | None

The scoring for each of Argyll’s five towns competing for £10 million funding for waterfront development has been published. The Independent consultants’ scores have produced the following rank order of bid:

  • Rothesay
  • Campbeltown
  • Oban
  • Helensburgh
  • Dunoon

Rothesay’s bid was for £2.4 million and Campbeltown’s for £6.5…

Dunoon’s Kilbride Road area sees the beginning of the end of flooding

Wednesday, 19th November, 2008 | Community News | None

There is a long history of properties in Dunoon’s Kilbride Road area being affected by flooding. Existing drains just can’t cope with heavy rainfall. BUt the good news is that work to right the situation has now begun.

McKean and Co…

27th November Council meeting will decide on five main Argyll towns’ competition for £10m waterfront development funding

Saturday, 15th November, 2008 | Funding, Local Government, News | One

The challenge is ‘waterfront regeneration’. The prize pot is £10 million. The competitors are: Campbeltown, Dunoon, Helensburgh, Oban and Rothesay. The Outline Business Cases (OBCs) submitted by each town remain confidential until decisions are made.

While consultants are currently scoring the…

St Andrew’s Gaberlunzie gig for restoration of Dunoon Burgh Hall

Wednesday, 12th November, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Events | None

[ November 29, 2008; 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ]

November 29, 2008
7:30 pm to 10:30 pm

Folk duo, Gaberlunzie - Gordon Menzies and Robin Watson - are to do a St Andrew’s gig on 29th November at the Dunoon Pipe Band Hall in Union Street, Dunoon. The event is designed as a…

Audit of green spaces in five major Argyll towns

Tuesday, 4th November, 2008 | Environment, Local Government, News | None

Argyll and Bute Council and Lower Clyde Greenspace are working in partnership and with five communities throughout Argyll and Bute to carry out a study on open spaces in the areas. The communities are Rothesay, Dunoon, Lochgilphead/Ardrishaig, Oban and Campbeltown.

These…

More raw sewage flooding in Dunoon - Scottish Water response

Monday, 27th October, 2008 | Community News | None

The unfortunate residents of Alexandra Parade in Dunoon, who had seen their streets and gardens flooded with raw sewage on 10th October, saw it all happen again last Thursday. It seemed to be the same sewer that was again responsible…

Enquiry announced into Corluach Wind Farm application as plan for Dunoon readies

Sunday, 26th October, 2008 | Community News, Local Government, Renewable Energy | None

The Scottish Government’s Planning Appeals Directorate will hold an enquiry over two periods in January 2009 into the wind farm applied for by Cowal Wind Energy Ltd for Corluach in Glen Fyne. The venue is yet to be announced but…