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Kintyre Cultural Forum development seminar

Thursday, 4th December, 2008 | Events | None

[ March 19, 2009; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ]

March 19, 2009
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Kintyre Cultural Forum are hosting a development Seminar on 19th March 2009. This will focus on the result of the audit the Forum has conducted into the possibility if establishing a Cultural Centre in Campbeltown to…

Kintyre Cultural Forum hosts development seminar on 19th March

Thursday, 4th December, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Business, Community News | None

One for the diary - Kintyre Cultural Forum are hosting a seminar on 19th March 2009, focused on cultural development plans for the area.

The heart of the plan is the exploration of the feasibiity of establishing a Cultural Centre in Campbeltown for…

Big Cats in Argyll - talk in Campbeltown

Monday, 1st December, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Events, Wildlife & Biodiversity | None

[ January 14, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ]

January 14, 2009
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

On 14th January 2009, at 7.30pm in the Argyll Arms Hotel in Campbeltown, the Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society is hosting a talk on Big Cats in Argyll. Everyone interested is welcome to come.

Talk by Brian Baird on Bats in Argyll - Campbeltown

Sunday, 30th November, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Events, Wildlife & Biodiversity | None

[ December 3, 2008; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ]

December 3, 2008
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society are hosting a talk on Wednesday 3rd December in the Argyll Arms Hotel at 7.30pm. Brian Baird will be focusing on Bats in Argyll, replacing a session advertised earlier on…

Cape Breton’s Jerry Holland January concert and workshops in Campbeltown

Sunday, 30th November, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Events | None

[ January 16, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ]

January 16, 2009
8:00 pm to 10:30 pm

The Kintyre Music and Arts Tuition Group and the Kintyre Fiddlers are hosting a special concert and two workshops in January by the legendary Cape Breton fiddler, Jerry Holland (pictured below) who pioneered a modern sound for Cape Breton…

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.

Texts of Scottish Parliamentary question and answer on MoD sale of RAF base at Machrihanish

Friday, 7th November, 2008 | Business, Defence, News | None

As reported earlier, the MoD is disposing of the significnat and, in some circles, mythical and mysterious, RAf base at Machrihanish on the Mull of Kintyre near Campbeltown. There is considerable anxiety in Kintyre over how this may be handled…

McGrigor’s addresses Scottish Parliament on ferry services

Saturday, 13th September, 2008 | News, Transport | None

Jamie McGrigor, ‘List’ MSP whose area of responsibility includes Argyll, has made a speech in Holyrood on the Transport Committee’s report on ferry services. In it he pays tribute to the work of former Labour Transport Minister Sarah Boyack who…

Scottish Government announces major review of ferry services

Saturday, 30th August, 2008 | Business, News, Tourism, Transport | None

Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport, has announced a major review of ferry services in Scotland. This is part of the Scottish Government’s development of a strategic long-term plan for lifeline services to take the country up to 2025. Mr Stevenson…

Downbeat mood after Minister’s meeting with Vestas yesterday

Friday, 29th August, 2008 | Business, News, Renewable Energy | 2

The Scottish Government’s Minister for Energy, Jim Mather met in Glasgow yesterday with senior representatives form the Danish firm Vestas which has recently announced plans to close its wind turbine tower manufacturing operation in Campbeltown in Kintyre. The meeting does…