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 last week has seen a public local inquiry in Inveraray at which Scottish Natural Heritage opposed the proposed 14 turbine windfarm at Stacain, near Dalmally, in Argyll.
Argyll and Bute Council had approved the application by Wind Prospect Stacain Ltd, overturning the…
Argyll and Bute Council set up competitive bidding for funding from a £10 million prize pot for waterfront development.
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…
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’s bid was for £2.4 million and Campbeltown’s for £6.5…
There must be something in the water in Rothesay. A Rothesay woman recently won the reality show, The Hirer and now the dark haired bridesmaid in Mamma Mia, turns out to have been played by an actress from the Bute…
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…
Victoria Gibbs, who went to school in Rothesay on Argyll’s Isle of Bute, beat seven other finalists in the TV reality show, The Hirer, to win the prize of a management job with tanning company Fake Bake. She will be…
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…
This weekend’s - and after - storms made a mess of the paddlesteamer Waverley’s last cruise of 2008, which should have seen Bute passengers sail on Sunday from Rothesay to Tighnabruaich on the mainland side of the Kyles of Bute.
The…
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