Argyll And Bute

Argyll and Bute Council is inviting people in Mid Argyll to give their views on detailed design proposals for an improved walking, wheeling and cycling route between the Lochgilphead Front Green and the Crinan Canal. A public consultation event is taking place in Lochgilphead Baptist Church on 4 Mar

Link Group has submitted a series of planning applications to Argyll & Bute Council for Phase 4 of the Dunbeg development near Oban.

Work will begin next month to restore the fifth building to benefit from the Lochgilphead Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS).

Five key infrastructure and community projects have been identified for potential funding via the UK Government's Community Regeneration Partnership Funding (CRP) initiative.

Network Rail has completed a £3.5 million project to refurbish the Awe viaduct near Taynuilt on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line.

Fit-out, refurbishment, construction and housing provider Morris & Spottiswood has expanded its drinks sector presence in Scotland as work recommences on a new-build distillery project for a drinks producer, located on the island of Islay.

Argyll and Bute Council’s Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) Pilot Project for the Lorn Arc Area has been extended by 10 years, allowing additional time to implement key infrastructure and development investments that will help to create a significant economic boost to the wider Oban area. The TI

Loch Lomond Group has secured planning permission and started construction on a new distillery and visitor centre in Luss with completion anticipated for summer 2025. 

A major employer in the picturesque Scottish coastal resort of Dunoon has joined with the local community in throwing his weight behind a campaign to prevent one of the Argyllshire town’s most iconic Victorian buildings from lapsing into dereliction. Greg Girard, the Dunoon-born and raised man

A steel box built to protect Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Hill House in Helensburgh will remain in place until 2028, the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) has announced. The giant box was constructed around the property in 2019 to protect its saturated walls from the elements and help it to dry out a

Argyll and Bute Council will meet in February to consider options and make a final decision on a preferred site to build a new school campus on Mull.

Rothesay Harbour stabilisation work is due to be completed this week well ahead of schedule and on budget.

UK investment specialist Blackfinch Group has acquired a 174-hectare commercial forest in Argyll and Bute. The acquisition, made through its subsidiary Litchfield Trading Limited and funded by retail investors through the Blackfinch Adapt IHT Service, marks Blackfinch's first foray into the forestry

Argyll and Bute Council’s Building Standards team has won a national award for excellent performance, particularly its focus on customer service. The team recently received a Nation Building Standards Performance Award, presented by the Scottish Government, in the medium-sized local authority

Combating fuel poverty, cutting carbon emissions and increasing Argyll and Bute’s energy efficiency are among the top priorities in the council’s Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy (LHEES).