Argyll And Bute

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).

On November 1, 2024, Provost Douglas Philand officially opened Cnoc Mor Place, a new affordable housing development in Lochgilphead, Argyll & Bute, delivered by Fyne Homes Ltd. 

Community responses to a consultation into plans for a new school campus on Mull are being analysed by Argyll and Bute Council ahead of an expected decision on a preferred site in the coming months.

Work has started on a project in Campbeltown that will see residents benefit from better walking and cycling routes along the town’s Cutting and Quarry Green.

Restoration work on a crumbling disused building once hidden away in the middle of a forest on Scotland’s west coast has reached the stage of the building now “starting to resemble a bothy, minus the roof”. Volunteers from the Mountain Bothy Association (MBA) have been putting in l

A previously ruined croft on the Isle of Mull that was transformed into a restaurant has won the RIBA Reinvention Award 2024. The Reinvention Award recognises achievement in the creative reuse of existing buildings through transformative projects.

Canadian decarbonised heating specialist Noventa Energy has acquired three innovative heat from wastewater assets from Scottish Water Horizons located in Glasgow, Stirling and Campbeltown. These assets, the first of their kind in the UK, will be partially repowered to benefit from Noventa’s pr

A project to create a new high-end recording studio on the Isle of Mull in Argyll has been awarded up to £39,000 by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). New start company Heb Aisle Limited is converting a former church building in the village of Bunessan on the southern end of the island.

A new energy efficient, affordable housing development in Helensburgh has been officially opened and has welcomed its new residents.

Connect Modular and Fyne Homes have unveiled proposals for the development of eight new, affordable homes in Rothesay, the Victorian seaside resort and main town on the Isle of Bute.

Argyll and Bute Council has said it remains committed to its position that a permanent solution must be found for issues at the Rest and be Thankful as swiftly as possible.

Rothesay Pavilion has taken its next step towards becoming a top cultural tourist destination and a local jobs provider for Bute. Councillors have given the green light for the final two stages in transforming the Grade A-listed Pavilion into a modern-day resource for residents and visitors to Bute.