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…
The entire British - incuding the Scottish - biofuels industry is threatened by a mistake made by UK Government lawyers in drafting biofuels legislation. The error is so serious is could bring about the end of the UK’s alternative fuels sector.
Officials…
There is a Tide - an exhibition by Clare McNiven at An Tobar, runs until 31st December 2008. It is a series of life-sized sculptures made from rope and nylon string retrieved across the beaches of Argyll.
Clare McNiven is a Argyll-based painter…
Argyll and Bute Council set up competitive bidding for funding from a £10 million prize pot for waterfront development.
Last night, 27th November 2008, a fishing boat suffering from engine failure requested assistance from Oban lifeboat.
The fishing boat had been under tow from a fellow fishing boat but the tow had repeatedly parted because conditions were poor.
Oban lifeboat…
Lighthouse Caledonia, the salmon farming company operating across Scotland, is closing its plant at Marybank outside Stornoway in the Western Isles, with the loss of 130 processing jobs.
For Argyll has reported onthis before as the weaknes of its position was known…
On 9th April 2007 a Pipe Apache took off in cloudy conditions from Connell Airfield, now Oban Airport. Twenty four hours later, a young local farmer found the wreckage of the plane on the slopes of Carn Dearg in Glen Scammadale…
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After a cracking start in 2008, the dates for Argyll’s 2009 Colonsay Folk Festival - Ceol Cholasa - have been set. The main music events of the Festival wil run from 17th September - 20th September…
Argyll’s Airds Hotel at Port Appin, opposite the Isle of Lismore, has received a Gold EatScotland Award. This recognises it as one of the best places to eat in Scotland, putting it in the same frame as Edinburgh’s Restaurant mMartin Wishart…
Oban Youth and Community Association (OYCA) has raised funding for two major studies to establish a new Youth and Community Centre for the town. The studies have been commissioned from Community Links Scotland, will start this month and will include postal…
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