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Community Notices

Colintraive Hotel at Easter

New… Apres Kirk lunch at 12. Special £7.95, scampi or soup and sandwiches.

Carry out food available every day from the hotel.

Art in the Pub for the month of March, pub art exhibition. Scottish Scenes by
Cat Comrie from Strachur

Pre-quiz nights fish and chips special £7.95 Last one this Friday

Mother’s Day lunch or dinner £15.95 for 2 courses

Easter Day lunch or dinner

Friday the 13th Davy the Ghost at the Colintraive Hotel Book your tickets £5 pp
fun for all the family at 6pm.

All of the above is pre bookable

Colintraive Shop & Post office open every morning, with newspapers, fresh
milk and bakery. If you have any further requirements from our shop please
don’t hesitate to ask.

Did you know we also can supply you at very short notice with foreign currency for your holidays, as well as banking for all banks now.

We thank you for all your support

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News Opportunities

Opportunity for small businesses

This summer Argyll and Bute Council launched its Competitive Business Growth Programme, providing

  • start-up grants of £500
  • growth grants of up to £3000 – for existing businesses that are trading over the VAT threshold, or new businesses who are planning to be within 18 months.

Eligible Argyll and Bute based businesses in postcodes PA20- PA78 or in Succoth can apply for Competitive Business Growth Programme funding up until the end of March 2011, via Business Gateway.

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Forestry News Projects Stronafian

The Forest Business Plan takes its next step

Michael Kaufmann and myself met Munro Gauld the Development Trust’s business consultant for the Stronafian Forest enterprise today to introduce him to the forest and give him a chance to assess the project before meeting with the board in the afternoon. We had a good walk up to one of the highest points and were able to survey much of the timber.

Munro was particular impressed with the amenity value of the deciduous woodland, and could see lots of potential for community use in the areas above the clachan, including a Forest School which was something those on the Mull Visit had been particularly struck by.

After a short lunch at the Colintraive (Patricia’s sandwiches were excellent as ever) I was able to introduce Munro to the board and we had and interesting hour or so looking at both the structure of the plan, and our progress towards the application to the National Forest Land Scheme.

Munro’s input is being funded by the HIE through CAMS, for which we are very grateful.

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Forestry News Projects Stronafian

Stronafian Consultation Framework

At the board meeting today we decided to move forward with Gordon Gray Stephen’s advice on community consultation. To this end we’re going to pursue three main threads:

  1. A visit to a community forest of a similar type to ours — we looked at forests in Inverness and Mull and decided on the latter for its relative proximity to us as well as being of a scale. We decided on the 4th September as the date. Signup lists will be posted locally locally, and emails etc. will be sent out.
  2. The employment of two animateurs to go into the community and ask what the community wants out of such a project (if at all). More on this later.
  3. A public information and informal consultation day. Again more on this later but we are looking at the 12th September as the date for this.

All three will be critical to the formation of the business plan / extended options appraisal that we will need to complete for our application under the NFLS.

For Gordon’s full option appraisal have a look at our publications page.