Mather supports NFU call for fairer price for milk
Following the all-but-certain loss of Rothesay Creamery and the current nervousness on the future of Campbeltown Creamery, Jim Mather, Argyll & Bute’s MSP, has welcomed the call from the National...
View ArticleCalMac Chair highlights vulnerability of west coast fleet and RET pressures
Peter Timms, Chair of CalMac has highlighted the fragility of the state-owned company’s ability to deliver Scotland’s west coast lifeline ferry services.Speaking yesterday to The Herald, he said that...
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Demand for Scotland’s prime sporting pursuits stays high
The Sporting Lets agency, run by CKD Galbraith, believes that the sporting season for 2013 will remain buoyant with continued strong demand for fishing, stalking and grouse shooting.Robert Rattray,...
View ArticleArgyll included in UK-wide government consultation on fuel duty rebate scheme
Argyll and Bute is one of 35 mainland local authority areas across the UK where businesses are to be consulted on fuel prices in their areas, how that impacts on their costs and prices.The intention is...
View ArticleTrack and trek Mull from MacCulloch’s Fossil Tree to the lava flows to the...
The unique landscape of Mull is revealed during a special event organised by the National Trust for Scotland team on the island. The walk through the wild coastal landscapes of Burg where ancient lava...
View ArticleChanges to payment of Bus Services Operators Grant
From the start of October 2013, the Bus Services Operators Grant (BSOG) payments will be delivered in four-weekly rather than in quarterly installments.The change comes after approaches from a number...
View ArticleTransport Scotland running pre-tender Information Day for Gourock-Dunoon...
This Friday, 18th October, at Transport Scotland’s Victoria Quay offices in Edinburgh, the Scottish Government is hosting an Information Day for potential operators of a vehicle and passenger ferry...
View ArticleBAE: Clyde gets off with 800 job losses and both yards staying open
It looks now as if BAE Systems are to close down shipbuilding at Portsmouth and keep open both Govan and Scotstoun in the Clyde.With no new orders on the books but hopes for the new Type 26 frigates in...
View ArticleContinuing parliamentary pursuit of Deputy First Minister’s decision on...
Yesterday at the Scottish Parliament, Highlands and Islands MSP, Jamie McGrigor got an answer to his latest parliamentary question, trying to discover what decision the Deputy First Minister has come...
View ArticleFirst Minister makes deal for Isle of Man flights to Glasgow – not to state...
This could hardly be a clearer signal of the Scottish Government’s tacit acceptance of the fact that taking Prestwick Airport into public ownership was a known bummer, done for political credit...
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Checking out Caledonia’s first trial passage for Kintyre Express
On Monday morning, 9th June, Campbeltown’s Kintyre Express passenger ferry company put RedBay Boats’ 16 metre to the first test of its nine day trial.Caledonia, the pilot boat version, ran the return...
View ArticleSpecial offers from the Galley of Lorne Inn
The wonderfully located Galley of Lorne Inn at Ardfern – looking across and south down the intriguing and islanded Loch Craignish – has identified a few days in July where it has space in one of its...
View ArticleSalmond’s ‘sterlingisation’ Plan B1 would cause chaos as a transitional stop gap
It became clear yesterday that First Minister, Alex Salmond has Plan B1 ['sterlingisation' for the time being] as a stop gap on the way to Plan B2 – which he hasn’t thought up yet.This is additionally,...
View ArticleMcGrigor presses Scottish Government on support for fishing and food sectors...
At Holyrood today, Jamie McGrigor MSP, pressed the Scottish Government on the support it is giving to the Scottish fishing and food sectors affected by the Russian Government’s recent decision to...
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easyjet adds another new direct flight from Glasgow
easyJet announced today a further additions to its Scottish network with the launch of flights direct from Glasgow airport to Bordeaux, in south west France.The new destination will see a summer...
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