Scottish Enterprise is play school
August figures showed private-sector growth in Scotland falling well below the UK average.This is in a context where public sector expenditure is already 50% of Scotland’s GDP.Against an economic...
View ArticleFinal minutes of the last A83 Task [not] Force [not] meeting
[Updated below - 20th March] Pain at the lack of strategic focus at this crucial meeting of the A83 Task Force on 25th February 2013 of those charged with representing Argyll’s interests in achieving a...
View ArticleAs Coruisk fails to add reliabiity to Gourock-Dunoon route, was DFM playing a...
The addition of MV Coruisk to the two-boat Argyll Ferries fleet on the passenger ferry service between the town centre ferry terminals of Gourock and Dunoon, has failed to deliver what she was leased...
View ArticleIndy, the banks and the Scottish economy
[Updated below 23.55 27th August] Without the Bank of England as lender of last resort, whatever the banks did in an independent Scotland – stay or go – would be bad news. That is the stark reality of...
View ArticleGood hearted proposal for fans ‘right to buy’ football clubs highlights core...
On Wednesday 18th March, Green MSP Alison Johnstone, succeeded in having a package of amendments to the Community Empowerment Bill accepted unanimously by the Local Government and Community...
View ArticleFailure of Council’s ‘complicated procurement procedure’ leaves islands with...
[Text updated 14.00] Negotiations on the new PSO [Public Service Obligation] contract for flights out of Oban Airport to the Hebridean islands of Colonsay, Coll and Tiree have broken down.This will see...
View ArticleSupposing CalMac lost the Clyde and Hebridean ferries contract…
In the event of this hypothetical outcome of the tender now in operation for the Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Services contract to be announced in May 2016, there would be resulting collateral damage.What...
View ArticleCMAL under scrutiny in increasing dissatisfaction with maritime asset management
As ferry users and the general public begin to understand exactly how the Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Services are delivered and who is responsible for what, there is growing concern and discontent with...
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