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Kintyre as a manufacturing cluster for renewables: reality or unfounded optimism?

Posted on June 4, 2011 by newsroom

In June 2010 Skykon was very optimistic Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Kintyre, Regeneration | Tagged Argyll, campbeltown, Economic development, Gamesa, kintyre, Machrihanish, Marsh Wind Towers, recruitment, Renewable Energy, Siemens, Skykon | 20 Comments

Wind Towers completes purchase of Skykon pant at Machrihanish

Posted on May 20, 2011 by newsroom

(Update below) Wind Towers Ltd, the joint venture between Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Kintyre, Local Government, Renewable Energy | Tagged A83, Argyll, Argyll & Bute Council, infrastructure, kintyre, Machrihanish, offshore wind, purchase, Renewable Energy, Skykon, Wind Towers, wind turbines | 8 Comments

Wind Towers Ltd preferred bidder for Machrihanish plant

Posted on March 10, 2011 by newsroom

The announcement that Wind Towers Ltd has been awarded ‘preferred bidder’ Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Kintyre, Renewable Energy | Tagged Argyll, Hendricks Holdings, Hong Kong, kintyre, Machrihanish, March Global Holdings, Marsh Wind Trechnology, preferred bidder, renewables, Skykon, SSE, Wind Towers ltd | 2 Comments

Industry concerns on potential asset stripping at Skykon

Posted on February 22, 2011 by newsroom

A very major industry player who wishes Kintyre well Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Kintyre, Renewable Energy | Tagged administration, Argyll, asset stripping, cold rolling machine, Ernst & Young, new operator, renewables, Skykon, welding machine, wind turbine tower manufacture | 1 Comment

Continuing emergency action needed to save former Skykon plant in Kintyre

Posted on January 14, 2011 by newsroom

(Revised) Skykon, the wind turbine tower manufacturer at the Machrihanish Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Kintyre, Politics, Renewable Energy | Tagged Argyll, Clyde windfarm, kintyre, Machrihanish, Siemens, Skykon, SSE, trade investor, wind turbine towers | 1 Comment

Jim Mather, Jamie McGrigor and Donald Kelly on saving jobs after the Skykon collapse

Posted on January 10, 2011 by newsroom

Campbeltown and Kintyre have been taking a deep breath Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Kintyre, Renewable Energy | Tagged administration, Argyll, campbeltown, jobs, kintyre, Machrihanish, manufacture, renewables, Skykon, wind turbines | 6 Comments

Two major business shocks for Argyll: Kintyre and Islay

Posted on January 6, 2011 by newsroom

The fact that Skykon, the Danish wind turbine manufacturing company Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Golf, Islay, Kintyre, Renewable Energy | Tagged administration, Argyll, Economic development, islay, kintyre, Loch Lomond Sea Planes, Machrie Golf Links, Machrie Hotel, Machrihanish, Skykon | Leave a comment

McGrigor reply from Mather on Rok and Skykon situation in Kintyre

Posted on December 9, 2010 by newsroom

Highlands and IsIands MSP, Jamie McGrigor, wrote to Jim Mather, Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Kintyre | Tagged administration, Argyll, campbeltown, economic impact, Energy Minister, Enterprise Minister, Jamie McGrigor, Jim Mather, McFadyens, Rok, Skykon | 1 Comment

Kintyre must have action on Ballycastle ferry

Posted on December 8, 2010 by newsroom

If Dunoon is in trouble without a vehicle and passenger ferry Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Kintyre, Renewable Energy, Sailing | Tagged Argyll, Ballycastle Ferry, campbeltown, gof courses, Kinthre, kintyre, Machrihanish, Skykon, Stewart Stevenson, Transport Minister, Western Isles | 5 Comments

Upcoming Sky Sports coverage of Skykon Tiree Wave Classic 2010

Posted on November 30, 2010 by newsroom

The wind may have played coy with the competitors in the 2010 Skykon Tiree Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Major Events, Tiree, Tourism activities, Windsurfing | Tagged 25th Anniversary 2011, Anna Wardley, Argyll, boardsailing, Dialogue Marketing, endurance swimming, Skykon, Tiree Wave Classic 2010 | Leave a comment

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