Big-hearted islanders raise thousands for Ukraine
Colonsay artist Roz Jewell set up the successful fundraiser with help from other islanders.
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Argyll and Islands businesses welcome graduates
Businesses and social enterprises across the patch, including Colonsay, Tiree, Islay, Arran, Mull, Bute, Kintyre, Dunoon and Oban have welcomed graduates into their businesses through the programme
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Colonsay getting £300k road upgrade – its first since 1985
Cheers rang round Colonsay church on Tuesday as Argyll council leader Robin Currie announced plans for a major £300,000 upgrade to the island’s road network – its first in over 35 years
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Couple behind #TheDress selling share in Colonsay’s only shop
‘The Best Wee Shop in the Hebrides’ is up for sale – but island bidders are first in the queue
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‘CalMac is on its knees’: timetable cut extended as 200 staff hit by Covid
‘They are doing the best they can’: islanders praise CalMac crews for continuing lifeline ferries as a fifth of the workforce goes off due to Covid
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Viral vlog of UK’s ‘least used airport’ angers islanders
A YouTube video titled ‘Flying to Britain’s least used airport’ on the Isle of Colonsay, viewed 130,000 times in a week so far, has angered islanders for mistaking a barren car park for the community garden
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£145k award for Colonsay business units
A £500,000 project to develop two new business units in Scalasaig on the Isle of Colonsay has secured up to £145,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise
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Contract awarded for piers upgrade for new Islay ferries
A £1.5 million contract for upgrading four CalMac piers at Port Ellen and Port Askaig in Islay, Kennacraig and Colonsay has been awarded to UK engineering firm Mott MacDonald
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Council pay £254k to build five affordable homes on Colonsay
Argyll and Bute Council will spend £254,000 to build five affordable homes on Colonsay, where there are six more in the pipeline to help address the island’s housing shortage