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McGrigor in the vanguard of crofters’ campaign to retain the ‘bull hire’ scheme

Wednesday, 26th November, 2008 | Farming, News | None

Jamie McGrigor, Highlands MSP, has tabled a motion at Holyrood that he hopes can be debated at the Scottish Parliament on the future of the bull hire scheme. Jamie tabled the motion on behalf of the many crofting sector representatives…

Good news for Scottish whitefish fleet - new three year EU deal on ‘Scottish model’

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

After the recent concerns over EU plans to close Scotland’s west coast fishing grounds, a new three-year deal has been agreed with Europe. This is based on what has become known as ‘the Scottish model’ (although it may owe more than…

Auditing the countryside: British Countryside Survey published yesterday, saving £700,000 by using GIS software

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

Imagine auditing the UK countryside. Where would you start? The sheer scale of the job is unimaginable - but it’s underway. The largest survey of its kind undertaken in Britain, or the first stage of it, the British Countryside Survey…

NHS Highland gets closer to waiting time targets for cancer cases

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

NHS Highland, the health authority responsible for Argyll and Bute, has reported that, between April and June 2008, over 95% of patients referred as urgent by their GP were treated within the target of 62 days. 85% of breast cancer patients were…

Scottish Government Minister and Argyll’s MSP, Jim Mather, supports campaign for Chinook pilots

Monday, 13th October, 2008 | Defence, News | None

Argyll & Bute MSP and Scottish Government Minister, Jim Mather, has issued a statement supporting the approach to new Scottish Secretary, Jim Murphy, by campaigners seeking to clear the names of Jonathan Tapper and Rick Cook. The two men were…

Salmond announces new legislation - battle lines drawn on local income tax and teenage drinking

Wednesday, 3rd September, 2008 | News | None

In announcing fifteen new bills today for the forthcoming Holyrood legislation, First Minister Alex Salmond underlined the limitations in economic controls available under devolution to the Scottish Government. With Scotland’s economy currently more robust than the rest of the UK…

Scottish Government to make its views known on ‘reserved’ issues

Monday, 1st September, 2008 | News | None

A document leaked to Scotland on Sunday has revealed that, from now on, the First Minister and other Ministers in the Scottish Government will give that Government’s view - if asked - on any issue which is controlled by the…

EU official to work with Councils and Scottish Government on Dunoon ferry

Sunday, 24th August, 2008 | Community News, Local Government, Transport | None

It has been confirmed that an EU official is to be appointed to work closely with the Scottish Government’s Transport Department and the two councils with an interest in the Dunoon-Gourock ferry: Argyll and Bute and Inverclyde. Any subsequent tender…

Under fire Vestas retreat to Denmark to discuss Campbeltown closure

Tuesday, 19th August, 2008 | Business, News, Renewable Energy | None

It would be hard to send a more defensive signal than Vestas’s announcement that it is prepared to meet local representatives - if they travel to the company HQ in Denmark. Key players in the race to retrieve something from…

Council Leader in discussions with Transport Minister on Dunoon - Gourock ferry

Saturday, 16th August, 2008 | Community News, Transport | One

Dick Walsh, Leader of Argyll and Bute Council, has just had discussions with Scottish Government Transport Minister, Stewart Stevenson, on a range of transport issues affecting Argyll. Among these was the position of the Dunoon-Gourock ferry. Stewart Stevenson had been…