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Argyll and Bute Council has nominated four island projects in the area for a share of funding from the Scottish Government’s Islands Programme.

At a meeting of the council’s Environment, Development and Infrastructure committee, councillors agreed to introduce the new grant scheme to support owners and tenants of empty business properties to return their properties to productive use.

Argyll and Bute Council, on behalf of Food Standards Scotland (FSS), is making local shops aware that they may have received and are selling Jolly Rancher confectionery products manufactured by ‘The Hershey Company,’ in Canada, some of which contain mineral oil.

Staff, children and young people from every school across Argyll and Bute have worked hard to put children’s rights at the heart of school life, where children feel respected and their talents nurtured. The hard work has now paid off with all schools achieving Gold, Silver or Bronze UNICEF Rights Respecting Awards.

The next critical stage in replacing Balliemore Bridge, Glen Lean, Cowal, took place recently.

Argyll and Bute Councillors today agreed a statutory education consultation, as part of proposals to relocate the existing 2-18 campus to a new location to the southern edge of Tobermory next to the A848 (Tobermory South).

Argyll and Bute Council’s Building Standards Team celebrated a well-deserved hat-trick of success last month.

Schools in Mid Argyll and Tarbert are supporting a trial to encourage people in the area to recycle more and better.

Work continues to progress in repairing the damage done by Storm Eowyn to the Helensburgh leisure centre.

Argyll and Bute Council’s housing services team has been crowned the winner of the 2025 Innovation Award at this year’s Empty Homes Network Awards (EHN) and has been highly commended in four other categories.