New CalMac MD agrees fare structure change helpful to Mull and Iona
Martin Dorchester, CalMac’s new Managing Director, has agreed a change to the company’s fare structure between Oban and Mull which will be of significant help to accommodation and holiday providers on...
View ArticleMcGrigor puts the case for biomass in the energy mix but…
Speaking in a Members’ Debate this evening [16th January] Jamie McGrigor MSP and the Scottish Conservative Environment Spokesman, has argued that sustainable biomass does have a role to play in meeting...
View ArticleUnanswerable case for reversal of ferries plan for Islay and Jura
The proposition for Islay in Transport Scotland’s final Scottish Ferries Plan is fundamentally flawed operationally, socially, economically and environmentally.It also arises from an opaque process,...
View ArticleKintyre and Arran emergency – 28th March, the threshold of Easter tourism
[Updated reports for 29th March on progress in the week long emergency power outage situation in Kintyre and Arran are available here.][Update 21.00 below] With visitors about to arrive for the Easter...
View ArticleShipping union adds to Orkney woes on disabled Serco Northlink ferry
The MV Hamnavoe has limped to Rosyth on one engine for repair to her starboard engine’s crankshaft.Northern Isles Ferry Services operator, the controversial Serco Northlink, expects her to be back in...
View ArticleFor Argyll 2013 tributes: to the entertainers
2013 was a year of superb entertainment of all kinds provided by a wide range of major events throughout Argyll and the Isles. There will be others beyond those we are singling out for attention –...
View ArticleBOWfest 2014 headline acts to rock Argyll
Inveraray’s Best of the West Festival – BOWfest – a celebration and showcase of the best of the west coast of Scotland’s food, drink and music - has just announced a corking couple of headliners for...
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