Crown Estate has 20:20 vision and is in survival mode
The Crown Estate owns the seabed around the British Isles, including Scotland, out to the 12 mile limit. It has been selling valuable leases on parts of this marine estate in areas of obviously rich...
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Meeting of minds on Mid Argyll Swimming Pool
Jim Mather managed the all-but-impossible, chairing last night’s meeting (15th January) on the Mid Argyll Swimming Pool. With no obvious hands on the wheel, he steered what could have been an angry...
View ArticleTourism Summit latest: VisitScotland announces £63,500 from Growth Fund for...
Malcolm Roughhead, CEO of VisitScotland, has just finished speaking at the ongoing Argyll and The Isles Tourism Summit at Portavadie Marina.He has announced that VisitScotland has awarded £63,500 from...
View Article£77,500 Creative Scotland tourism and culture award for heART of ARGYLL
The fifth biggest out of Creative Scotland’s 32 national awards made from a total fund of £1.2 million for partnership projects linking tourism and culture, has gone to heART of ARGYLL.This was...
View ArticleBuy a slate to roof Luing’s future proofing
The Isle of Luing’s Atlantic Islands Centre project secured match funding of £754,900 from the Big Lottery Fund in the last couple of weeks.Now it is getting down to the business of raising £60,000 of...
View ArticleThe final Farewell Tour at the Argyll Mausoleum
And no, this is not some time-travelling last excursion by Sir Duncan Campbell and his second wife, Lady Margaret Campbell. Their monumental effigies at Kilmun’s Argyll Mausoleum have not been known to...
View ArticleNew cycle path for the Trossachs
It’s only three and a half kilometres long. It will cost a total of £1.5 million – which sounds a daft public sector contract price, however worthwhile the path.It will provide a traffic-free route...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom government invests £500M in £1.13BN scheme for Glasgow and...
A major investment programme totalling £1.13 billion was set in train today, 3rd July 2014, by the UK Government and will be a real boost for Scotland’s largest and liveliest city – Glasgow – and its...
View Article£500k Ferries Accessibility Fund for harbour or ferry operators
Transport Minister, Keith Brown, announced yesterday a new £500,000 fund, launched to improve accessibility on Scotland’s ferry network.The Ferries Accessibility Fund will be open to bids from the...
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