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The subsidised air services from Oban to Coll, Colonsay and Tiree will continue after Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ and Bute Council agreed an interim contract with Hebridean Air. Hebridean Air Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ Limited will continue to operate the flights from 16 May, while the council now undertakes the evaluation stage of the procurement process for a new four-year contract. The deadline for tenders being submitted for the second round of procurement passed on 2 May.

Pupils and staff from Dunoon Grammar’s business and computing department made their voices heard when they were invited to take part in two prestigious, international forums. The first event took place in San Jose, California, where leading American entrepreneurs met at a week-long ‘Unreasonable Futures’ conference to discuss innovation.

A Scottish Government report has highlighted that Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ and Bute Council’s planning service continues to provide a high quality service to businesses and residents. The council submitted its 2017-2018 Planning Performance Framework (PPF) to Scottish Ministers and maintained the previous year’s high standard by scoring 11 green ratings across 15 areas of the service measured. The service is shown to be performing well against national statistics and key performance indicators.

Got five minutes? Register to vote before it’s too late to take part! There are only a few days left to register to vote to take part in the European Parliamentary Elections. Voters in Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ and Bute will join others across the country on 23rd May to elect six Members of the European Parliament (MEP) to represent the Scotland region. But, if you want to take part, you must be registered to vote. The deadline for registration is Tuesday 7th May – just a few days away.

The head boy and girl at Dunoon Grammar set a great example of how leadership is being strengthened at all levels across Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ and Bute’s schools, when they chaired a meeting of the council’s Full Community Planning Partnership. Before the meeting began, S6 pupils Rhonan Colquhoun and Lauren Keith spoke highly about their time at Dunoon Grammar and the work the school does to support pupils and integrate with the local community.

An event will be held in Lochgilphead next month to ask for comments on the Lochgilphead Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, and to outline proposals for a Lochgilphead Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS). As a council, we are required to periodically review our conservation areas. An appraisal of Lochgilphead’s conservation area has therefore been carried out, and members of the public are invited to comment on the result of this work – the draft Lochgilphead Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan.

Tha Comhairle Earra-Ghàidheal is Bhòid air pìos fearainn a thoirt do sgoil-àraich ann an Eilean Bhòid a leigeas leotha leudachadh air an t-seirbheis aca agus barrachd àiteachan ann an cùram-chloinne a stèidheachadh do dh’òigridh an eilein.

Putting equalities into action will help build the great future we all want for Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ and Bute. These were the words of Councillor Rory Colville, Policy Lead for Corporate Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ, following approval of the council’s Equalities Mainstreaming Report 2019. The report sets out the council’s progress in embedding equality in its day-to-day work.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ and Bute Council’s ‘One Council’ approach to property management has raised over £3million in its first 11 months of operation. With over 1700 buildings and parcels of land, the council transformed its approach to estate management to help meet the challenge of on-going cuts in funding. All council property now comes under one team, tasked with delivering a proactive, commercially astute management service.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ and Bute Council has today agreed to gift a strip of council-owned land at Innellan Village Hall to the charity which manages the hall. The village hall is a focal point in Innellan, playing host to various groups like the Public Hall Archive Project, community council meetings, SWRI, visiting theatre groups, art club, yoga groups, badminton club and carpet bowls.