Ayrshire takes Growth Deal campaign to Westminster
The campaign to deliver the Ayrshire Growth Deal – the exciting initiative to build on Ayrshire's potential to boost business, jobs and prosperity – will take a significant step forward this week at a...
View ArticleX Factor’s Emily Middlemas to appear at Coral Scottish Grand National Festival
By: Iain FergusonTHE teenage Scottish singing sensation who took The X Factor by storm is to perform in front of the expected 17,000 crowd at this year’s Coral Scottish Grand National on Saturday 22...
View ArticleJapan's growing market for Scotch whisky
The value of Scottish food and drink exports to Japan has surged to almost £100 million, strongly supported by the country’s growing taste for Scotch whisky, External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop...
View ArticleSouth Ayrshire Council waste to be transformed by new recycling facility
South Ayrshire councillors had a sneak preview of the new green waste recycling centre in Prestwick last week. The new facility will be used by the Council to transform its own green waste such as...
View ArticleGreen light for transformational plans to breathe new life into Ayr riverside
Ambitious plans to transform a neglected part of Ayr's historic town centre into a thriving new public realm have been approved by South Ayrshire Council. The new masterplan from Ayr Renaissance...
View ArticleCKD Galbraith offers for sale a beautiful country house with private grounds
Leading independent Scottish property consultancy CKD Galbraith is offering for sale a beautiful country house near Alloway.Whiteleys is situated amidst prime Ayrshire countryside surrounded by its own...
View ArticleLeading jockeys eye big prizes at Ayr Racecourse
By: Iain FergusonTHERE’S some excellent prize-money for a start of the week fixture at Ayr Racecourse on Monday (27 February) when the seven race card includes two Class 3 contests.And the £57,000 on...
View ArticleFull steam ahead as demolition begins on Ayr’s Riverside site
Plans to breathe new life in to Ayr's historic town centre are now officially underway. Contractors have moved onto the site on the town's High Street as they prepare a number of buildings for...
View ArticleCKD Galbraith offers for sale contemporary detached Ayrshire country house
Leading independent Scottish property consultancy CKD Galbraith is offering for sale The Beeches, a contemporary, detached country house situated about one mile outside the village of Dunlop and...
View ArticleStar Wars, Elephants and Fingal's Cave! 'Fantastic' schools orchestra concert
Budding musicians from South Ayrshire schools came together to perform at a sell-out concert last month.The South Ayrshire Schools Orchestra Concert takes place every year and gives talented youngsters...
View ArticleJockey Brian Hughes and trainer Nick Alexander on fine form at Ayr Racecourse
By: Iain FergusonBRIAN Hughes rode five winners while trainer Nick Alexander saddled four horses to win over Ayr’s two-day March meeting recently.Hughes bagged a treble at Tennent’s Raceday on Saturday...
View ArticleSouth Ayrshire Council flies flags at half-mast
Flags at South Ayrshire Council’s headquarters – County Buildings in Ayr – are flying at half-mast today (23 March) to commemorate the terrorist attack in London yesterday and to honour the injured and...
View ArticleTrainers’ championship showdown at Coral Scottish Grand National Festival
By: Iain FergusonSCOTLAND’S biggest and richest race meeting the Coral Scottish Grand National Festival will, for the second year running, feature a ‘showdown’ for the British jumps trainers’...
View ArticleAyrshire artists rub shoulders with established names for annual showcase
Art lovers across South Ayrshire are being invited to see work from a range of diverse and inspiring artists at Arts of Rozelle in Ayr this Spring. Three exhibitions will fill Rozelle House, and the...
View ArticleNational Excellence Accolade for Ayr Racecourse
Ayr Racecourse has been named as one of the top racing venues course in the UK in a national awards scheme, one of only 15 tracks to be awarded Racecourse Association (RCA) Excellence Awards.[Pictured:...
View ArticleSouth Ayrshire schoolboy makes history at Hampden Park
Lauchlan Connelly (13) from Prestwick Academy was on the pitch at Hampden for Scotland’s World Cup qualifier against Slovenia recently but he was not a mascot, or even a ballboy, Lauchlan was making...
View ArticleGrass roots restoration takes Ayr Esplanade back to its former glory
A project to reinstate badly eroded verges along Ayr Esplanade is breathing fresh life into the area. South Ayrshire Council has restored the embankment along the raised walkway, with tall grass now...
View ArticleElite Ayrshire Business Circle NEXT MEETING
We are delighted to cordially invite you to attend the next Elite Ayrshire Business Circle business breakfast networking event, which will take place at 8am on Friday 5 May in the clubhouse of...
View ArticleVicente makes Scottish Grand National history at Ayr Racecourse
By: Iain FergusonSAM Twiston-Davies and Vicente wrote their names into the record books at Ayr Racecourse last Saturday, becoming the first jockey and horse combination in 32 years to win back-to-back...
View ArticleElite Ayrshire Business Circle NEXT MEETING
We are delighted to cordially invite you to attend the next (re-arranged) Elite Ayrshire Business Circle business breakfast networking event, which will take place at 8am on Thursday 18 May in the...
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