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30th December 2014 in Argyll
Jamie Black took these two very contrasted shots this morning – in the space of a few hours. The first is a spectacular sunrise over Bute, taken from near Carry Farm.Jamie says: ‘Just three minutes...
View ArticleBute Community Power secures grid connection via SSE
Bute Community Power [BCP] is delighted in announcing that it has secured a grid connection offered by SSE. The grid connection is essential for the success of their wind turbine project to be able to...
View ArticleFour Argyll areas to get fibreoptic broadband in Summer 2015
Four places in Argyll are in the next phase of installation in their locality of high speed fibreoptic broadband scheduled to take place over the next six months.The four Argyll places selected...
View ArticleStandout Valentine and Easter breaks on the Portavadie menu
The spectacular Portavadie in southwest Cowal on the shores of Loch Fyne, opposite Tarbert in Kintyre and with a CalMac vehicle and passenger ferry running between them, has a Valentine break and a...
View Article‘Major coup’ in new Operations Director for Mount Stuart Trust
Mount Stuart Trust, which oversees one of Scotland’s top visitor destinations, has appointed a new operations director.Adam Ellis-Jones, who is currently the National Trust’s Assistant Director,...
View ArticleRussell urges concessions for dairy tankers to Bute and Gigha
Local MSP, Michael Russell, has urged the Scottish Government and CalMac to expand an agricultural concession already in place on Scotland’s ferries – to help the struggling dairy farmers of Bute and...
View ArticleRothesay ferry: CMAL postpones closure of pier at Wemyss Bay
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd [CMAL] has announced that for technical reasons, the planned closure of the pier at Wemyss Bay Ferry Terminal will be postponed from March 2015 until later in the year,...
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Petition for local scans for expectant mothers hits Oban
The unanswerable case for expectant mothers in the hugely dispersed territory of Argyll and the Isles to have local access to maternity scanning services has been gaining strength and voice as a...
View ArticleTesco to set up in Rothesay
A reader has alerted us to a planning application submitted in the last week to Argyll and Bute Council by Tesco Stores.The application is for signage at 19 Montague Street, Rothesay.This is an...
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Last of the Streakers – CMAL announce sale of MV Saturn
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd [CMAL] has determined that their vessel, MV Saturn, is being sold to Pentland Ferries Ltd. MV Saturn was retired from the CMAL fleet in September 2011 and has been laid...
View ArticleExpect two days of disruption to ferry services
With strong southerly winds, gusting to Force 8/9 forecast for 23rd and 24th February, disruption to ferry services is to be expected.At the time of writing, 08.30 23rd February, the only CalMac ferry...
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Majestic Line’s new MV Glen Etive to be ready for 2016 season
The Majestic Line, Scotland’s Argyll-based small ship cruise specialist, has announced that the new purpose-built vessel it has commissioned will be in service for the 2016 season, adding new and more...
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Mount Stuart named Scotland’s top romantic wedding venue
And what could better this spectacular venue, the spendidly designed red brick Victorian gothic mansion, at once grand and playful, with great sweeping spaces, its own chapel, its famous Marble Hall,...
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Portavadie to launch Water Adventure in April 2015
Some people dream about starting their own business but 16 year old Lewis McFall is about to make this a reality with the launch of Water Adventure at Portavadie in April 2015.Offering a range of...
View ArticleTop international award for Mount Stuart – from the market
Next month, Mount Stuart in Bute will be named one of the country’s top visitor destinations – by one of the country’s top travel operators. The Isle of Bute attraction is to the recipient of a CIE...
View ArticleMcGrigor welcome for forthcoming debate on dairy industry
Jamie McGrigor MSP, has welcomed the news that the Scottish Parliament will next week hold a debate on the current challenges facing Scotland’s dairy farmers. Next Tuesday afternoon [31st March] the...
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Bute 360 Food Supply Chain
The endlessly resourceful Isle of Bute is continually coming up with surprises. So here comes the latest: Bute 360 Food Supply Chain.By March 2016, Towards Zero Carbon Bute [TZCB] hope that:up to 40...
View ArticleAAIB report: G-EWZZ Sportcruiser was over take-off weight in 2014 crash on Bute
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch [AAIB] report on 9th August 2014 crash near the Kingarth airstrip on the Isle of Bute of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft was due to the added weight of unreported...
View ArticleWhere is the permanently seconded former Head Teacher of Rothesay Joint...
Over the course of a very few years around 2013, Rothesay Joint Campus had a series of six official complaints against it upheld. That alone would have been of serious concern; but these complaints...
View ArticleArgyll at risk of losing dairy sector as First Milk culls milk price to...
First Milk – the only producer purchasing milk in Argyll & Bute – yesterday announced a further one pence fall in their ‘A’ price, bringing it to an all time low.Argyll & Bute’s MSP, Michael...
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