Mather welcomes RET trial
Jim Mather, Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism and constituency MSP for Argyll and Bute, has sent the following statement to For Argyll:“Argyll & Bute MSP, Jim Mather, has welcomed the...
View ArticleAlan Reid MP to fight proposals to close all three Argyll tax offices
The merger of the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise into HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has led to a proposal to cut and amalgamate services, using call centres in support. This plan calls for...
View ArticleSportScotland’s Glenmore Lodge is official Pre-2012 Games training camp option
Glenmore Lodge, the national SportScotland outdoor centre near Aviemore in the Cairngorms is one of six hundred venues listed in the Pre-Games Training Camp Guide for the London 2012 Olympics and...
View ArticlePossibility of direct flights from Inverness to Shenyang in China
Who says Scots aren’t entrepreneurial? Highland Loch Ness, the company marketing that area, have just sent representatives to a major tourist event in Shenyang, a city of seven million north of...
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Traditional Music Concert with the Sarah-Jane Summers Trio, Lochgoilhead
At 3.00pm on 22nd February 2009, Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop is hosting a traditional music concert with the Sarah-Jane Summers Trio at Lochgoilhead Village Hall.Since her last visit Sarah-Jane has...
View ArticleGael force in Glasgow when the Highland Bobby hit town
Another intriguing programme from BBC ALBA – Balaich Nam Putain Buidhe : The Highland Beat Bobby airs on Thursday 8th October at 9.00pm. It’s a one hour documentary spanning the decades following World...
View ArticleArgyll a possible venue for open sea residential fish farming
Marine Harvest Scotland announced today that it is starting to explore potential sites for residential open sea salmon farms in the Western Isles, in Highland region and in Argyll.The company talked to...
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More curve balls from the Scotch whisky industry
The trouble is that Scotch whisky – and particularly single malt Scotch, carries an aura of unchallengeable integrity not always found in those who produce it. Diageo’s adventures with Cardhu will,...
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Argyll & Bute in Scottish Council comparisons
We missed this 6 months ago when The Times published a set of tables comparing the performances of Scottish local authorities across a wide range of categories and from figures supplied by the Councils...
View ArticleArgyll & Bute first council fully connected to high-speed broadband
The £70million Pathfinder North scheme, which began in May 2007 and is part-funded by the Scottish Government, aims to implement a future-proof high-speed broadband network, provided by...
View ArticleKenny Logan tries to kick Beauly-Denny line into touch
Kenny Logan thinks as well as he dances – engagingly but without connecting up the limbs of an argument.Logan today publicly joined the ranks of the Beauly-Denny power line protesters. In the best of...
View Article1st March for FAI into death of Scotland’s champion cyclist, Jason MacIntyre
34 year-old Jason Macintyre was the cyclist who:was three times British and Scottish champion time trialistrepresented Scotland at Manchester’s Commonweath Gamesbroke Graham Obree’s record for the 10...
View ArticleHigh-speed broadband provision complete – for the public sector
Argyll is part of the now completed Pathfinder North high-speed broadband provision project for the west and north of Scotland.This has been one of the biggest broadband procurement projects in Europe...
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Mid Argll Pipe Band releases The Mid Argyll Collection
The independent-minded and innovative Mid Argyll Pipe Band has just released The Mid Argyll Collection – a unique collection of Highland Pipe Tunes, compiled by Rod Buchanan as a labour of love over...
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Home on the range at Auchindrain for a little grey Fergie
Tractors are land-based tugs – or tugs are seagoing tractors – but both remain magnetically interesting. It’s their doggedness, their ingenuity, their work ethic, their strength, the enabling interface...
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Downton Abbey’s Christmas Day special has some surprises for Argyll
Runaway hit period drama series, Downton Abbey, shot much of its Christmas Day special show at Inveraray Castle.John Patrick of Argyll Adventure is also making an appearance and one of his horses, the...
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 ArticleGreen MSP fingers kitchen and dining capacity problem in free school meals...
Alison Johnstone, Green MSP for Lothian and education spokesperson for the Scottish Greens, is calling on the Scottish Government to fund new school kitchens and dining rooms to ensure a successful...
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BBC ALBA to rebroadcast Nationwide stories – and from Argyll
Starting this Friday, 7th March, BBC ALBA’s latest inspiration is to rebroadcast fascinating stories of years gone by in a new series using footage from the popular series, Nationwide, which was the...
View ArticleSalmond jibs at Darling ‘dictator’ jibe – as government allows 5 local &...
And, yes, this involves NHS Highland and therefore children in Argyll and Bute.In an ironic coincidence, today’s major newspapers trumpet the First Minister’s irritation at Alastair Darling’s branding...
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