Title: SPL Motherwell v Aberdeen
The latest full-match coverage from the SPL as Motherwell host Aberdeen at Fir Park.
Transmitted: Saturday 2nd April 2011
Time: 17:25
Title: Live Rugby - Munster v Leinster
Live Magners League coverage as Munster face Leinster at the Thomond Park Stadium.
Transmitted: Saturday 2nd April 2011
Time: 19:25
Title: Turas a’ Bhradain
Another chance to see episode three of series two of Turas a’ Bhradain – The Salmon’s Journey. In this show we see the Scottish salmon rivers of the far north.
Transmitted: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Time: 20:30
Title: Seonaidh / Shaun the Sheep
Fun and games with Shaun the Sheep and friends.
Transmitted: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Time: 18:00
Title: Gleusta
Gleusta is a fast, exciting studio game show in which two teams of youngsters go head to head in a battle of brains, wit and agility. Each week school teams made up of two P7 pupils with the support of a special guest, meet on the studio set of Gleusta and battle over five rounds of competition.
This week's programme features teams from Back Primary School and Balivanich Primary School, with special guests Joy Dunlop and Darren MacLean. Gleusta is presented by Liz Pyper & Steven MacIver, directed by Michael Hines and produced for Sealladh by Morag Stewart.
Transmitted: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Time: 18:30
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
BBC ALBA – WEEKLY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Saturday 26 March – Friday 1 April 2011
Title: Live Rugby - Edinburgh v Ospreys
LIVE Magners League coverage as Edinburgh host Ospreys at Murrayfield.
Transmitted: Saturday 26th March 2011
Time: 18:25
Title: Soillse: Ayen’s Cooking School
What happens when a Sudanese woman in Australia starts a cooking school for the refugee men and asks them to prepare a feast for their biggest critics - the elders' women?
The women of Sudan do not allow their men into the kitchen because, amongst other reasons, they believe their penises might burn over the cooking fires. But when a group of refugee Sudanese men in Adelaide, Australia, are found starving because they don't know what to do with a fridge full of groceries, something has to change. Ayen Kuol, a Sudanese health worker decides to challenge a million years of custom and culture and start a cooking school for African men.
The generations battle it out for their right to be in the kitchen and Ayen eventually throws down the gauntlet. The boys should cook a feast for the elder women.
Transmitted: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Time: 21:00
Title: Eadar Duil is Dochas/Football Crazy
Through the eyes of a few passionate football fans we get an insight into their unique world. Featuring loyal followers of Ross
County, Rangers, Celtic, Ness, Southend and Scotland.
Transmitted: Thursday 31st March 2011
Time: 21:00
Title: Live Rugby - Connacht v Edinburgh
LIVE Magners League coverage as Edinburgh travel to face Connacht at Galway Sportsground.
Transmitted: Friday 1st April 2011
Time: 19:40
Title: Air an Urlar
A musical showcase from 2005 featuring talented youngsters and established performers. In this programme a variety of
Performers are featured including Deirdre Graham, Darren MacLean and the band Fine Friday.
Transmitted: Friday 1st April 2011
Time: 21:35
LIVE Magners League coverage as Edinburgh host Ospreys at Murrayfield.
Transmitted: Saturday 26th March 2011
Time: 18:25
Title: Soillse: Ayen’s Cooking School
What happens when a Sudanese woman in Australia starts a cooking school for the refugee men and asks them to prepare a feast for their biggest critics - the elders' women?
The women of Sudan do not allow their men into the kitchen because, amongst other reasons, they believe their penises might burn over the cooking fires. But when a group of refugee Sudanese men in Adelaide, Australia, are found starving because they don't know what to do with a fridge full of groceries, something has to change. Ayen Kuol, a Sudanese health worker decides to challenge a million years of custom and culture and start a cooking school for African men.
The generations battle it out for their right to be in the kitchen and Ayen eventually throws down the gauntlet. The boys should cook a feast for the elder women.
Transmitted: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Time: 21:00
Title: Eadar Duil is Dochas/Football Crazy
Through the eyes of a few passionate football fans we get an insight into their unique world. Featuring loyal followers of Ross
County, Rangers, Celtic, Ness, Southend and Scotland.
Transmitted: Thursday 31st March 2011
Time: 21:00
Title: Live Rugby - Connacht v Edinburgh
LIVE Magners League coverage as Edinburgh travel to face Connacht at Galway Sportsground.
Transmitted: Friday 1st April 2011
Time: 19:40
Title: Air an Urlar
A musical showcase from 2005 featuring talented youngsters and established performers. In this programme a variety of
Performers are featured including Deirdre Graham, Darren MacLean and the band Fine Friday.
Transmitted: Friday 1st April 2011
Time: 21:35
Glenmorangie’s historic deal to shine light on the Picts
Glenmorangie renews its groundbreaking partnership with National Museums Scotland to research Early Historic Scotland ---
The Glenmorangie Company has re-signed a three-year sponsorship deal with National Museums Scotland to support the study and understanding of the Early Historic people of Scotland, it was announced today (Monday 21 March).
This innovative partnership began in 2008 with the creation of an archaeological post at the National Museum of Scotland: the Glenmorangie Research Officer. During this first phase the past was brought to life with the recreation of artefacts from AD 300-900, the period after the Romans and before the Vikings, including the first Pictish throne to be built in a thousand years.
The second phase of the collaboration will run until the end of 2013 and shed more light on Early Historic Scotland. The research will dispel popular myths that cast Scotland during this time as the archetypal Dark Age.
The Glenmorangie Company’s six-year partnership with National Museums Scotland represents a major long term investment in what is a challenging economic climate.
The partnership is regarded as a model for how business can support culture and last year won an Arts and Business Scotland Award in recognition of its work.
Barclay Price, Director of Arts & Business Scotland said, “It’s terrific to see this inspired support of Scottish culture continue. The Glenmorangie Research Project is an innovative partnership that breaks new ground in sponsorship activity and shows how such private-public collaborations can enrich the cultural life of the nation.”
A landmark book “A Jewel of Gold…Placed in a Silver Dish: the Glenmorangie project on Early Historic Scotland”, will provide a fascinating insight into what archaeology can tell us about how Early Historic people lived when it is published this summer.
The findings will challenge misconceptions about the period and reveal that Early Historic Scotland was a vibrant, creative and sophisticated time when some of our national treasures, such as the Monymusk Reliquary, were produced.
Paul Neep, Chief Executive of The Glenmorangie Company, said: “We are delighted to renew our unique partnership with National Museums Scotland. We can expect more exciting discoveries to be made about Early Historic people in this formative period of Scotland’s past.
“In the current economic climate we are very proud to be making a real and lasting contribution to the arts. We now have a six-year partnership with National Museums Scotland which takes us up to 2013.
“At Glenmorangie, heritage is very important. Many of our products take their names from the Gaelic language and our emblem was inspired by the Pictish Hilton of Cadboll Stone.”
Alice Blackwell, The Glenmorangie Research Officer, said: “The Early Historic period was a creative melting pot, and is a fascinating period to study. Glenmorangie’s support means we can continue to shed more light onto what is a formative period of Scotland’s past.
“The exciting programme of artistic recreations of historic objects means we can bring more of the past to life. A new book we are publishing this summer will also take a fresh look at how these people lived.
“This is a great opportunity to dispel popular myths that cast Scotland during this time as the archetypal Dark Age. We hope instead to show people how vibrant and sophisticated Early Historic Scotland really was.”
National Museums Scotland collections include the eighth-century Hilton of Cadboll Stone, which was discovered near Glenmorangie House in Ross-shire, and is the inspiration for the brand icon that adorns Glenmorangie's range of single malt whiskies.
BBC ALBA INVESTIGATES THE STORY OF ‘COP TURNED KILLER’ HOWARD WILSON
COP TURNED KILLER - SGEULACHD HOWARD WILSON
BBC ALBA – Wednesday 23rdMarch at 9pm
The latest in the compelling BBC ALBA series Scottish Killers looks back at Glasgow murders that shocked 1960s Scotland – and led to calls for the death penalty to be reinstated.
The victims were serving police officers, shot dead by a man who had previously worked alongside them. The explosive incident one December afternoon in 1969 shattered a number of families - and made Howard Wilson forever known as Scotland’s “cop turned killer.”
Nine years after he was paroled, the drama documentary charts Wilson’s breathtaking crimes – from leaving the force to armed robbery, and eventually the cold-blooded shooting of three former colleagues – two of whom lost their lives.
In 1969, Glasgow was the focus of UK headlines as the sinister, so-called ‘Bible John killings’ appalled the public, frustrating detectives in their failure to catch the killer. But the Glasgow police force itself was to play centre stage to brutal murder, just as the year drew to a close. As former BBC reporter David Scott recalls in the programme, “it was almost unbelievable.”
Howard Wilson, an ambitious young policeman, had left the force when he was passed over for promotion. He set up a shop, but the enterprise failed dismally. Having obtained a handgun and accompanied by two friends on a similar downturn of fortune, Wilson orchestrated a robbery at the British Linen Bank in Giffnock in the south side of Glasgow. The three men made away with £21,000 – an enormous sum at the time.
Some months later, arrogant after their success, the same trio raided the Clydesdale Bank in Linwood. This time they terrorised customers including a woman with a baby, threatening them with guns and knives. Having fled with £14,000, they headed straight for Wilson’s home in Govan – near the local police station. Spotted by officers long suspicious of Wilson’s activities, they were followed into his tenement flat. What happened next ruined lives, and left a bitter legacy.
In detailed dramatic reconstruction and with exclusive interviews with surviving relatives of the victims, the story of Howard Wilson is told in full in this powerful BBC ALBA documentary.
It was 30 December, 1969. As Glasgow busied itself with New Year preparations, Wilson snapped when confronted. Young officer on the scene, Angus Mackenzie was shot dead, with two bullets. His colleague Edward Barnett was also fired upon, and survived just a matter of days following the horrific attack. Inspector Andrew Hyslop, who had led the team to the flat, was left badly debilitated for life after Wilson shot him in the face. In the programme, Wilson’s two sons describe the dreadful aftermath and enduring effects of that day, on all their lives.
Only the intervention of other brave officers prevented further bloodshed. As news of the shootings spread, there was a public outcry. Families of the officers petitioned for the return of hanging, abolished in the UK just a few weeks before. In a deeply moving interview, the brother of the late Angus Mackenzie talks of being inconsolable with grief for his murdered sibling.
Presented by John Morrison, the programme examines what may have made a man once sworn to uphold the law, commit society’s most heinous crime - with little apparent motive, and no remorse.
Howard Wilson was sentenced to life. But far from disappearing from the public eye, he went on to be involved in the infamous Porterfield riots along with Jimmy Boyle – fellow criminal he had once staked out as a policeman. Wilson also became a best-selling crime fiction author, before being released from prison in 2002, amid further furore.
Produced by STV, “Cop Turned Killer – Sgeulachd Howard Wilson” can be seen on BBC ALBA on Wednesday 23rd March at 9pm, and repeated on Thursday 24th at 10pm.
BBC ALBA – Wednesday 23rdMarch at 9pm
The latest in the compelling BBC ALBA series Scottish Killers looks back at Glasgow murders that shocked 1960s Scotland – and led to calls for the death penalty to be reinstated.
The victims were serving police officers, shot dead by a man who had previously worked alongside them. The explosive incident one December afternoon in 1969 shattered a number of families - and made Howard Wilson forever known as Scotland’s “cop turned killer.”
Nine years after he was paroled, the drama documentary charts Wilson’s breathtaking crimes – from leaving the force to armed robbery, and eventually the cold-blooded shooting of three former colleagues – two of whom lost their lives.
In 1969, Glasgow was the focus of UK headlines as the sinister, so-called ‘Bible John killings’ appalled the public, frustrating detectives in their failure to catch the killer. But the Glasgow police force itself was to play centre stage to brutal murder, just as the year drew to a close. As former BBC reporter David Scott recalls in the programme, “it was almost unbelievable.”
Howard Wilson, an ambitious young policeman, had left the force when he was passed over for promotion. He set up a shop, but the enterprise failed dismally. Having obtained a handgun and accompanied by two friends on a similar downturn of fortune, Wilson orchestrated a robbery at the British Linen Bank in Giffnock in the south side of Glasgow. The three men made away with £21,000 – an enormous sum at the time.
Some months later, arrogant after their success, the same trio raided the Clydesdale Bank in Linwood. This time they terrorised customers including a woman with a baby, threatening them with guns and knives. Having fled with £14,000, they headed straight for Wilson’s home in Govan – near the local police station. Spotted by officers long suspicious of Wilson’s activities, they were followed into his tenement flat. What happened next ruined lives, and left a bitter legacy.
In detailed dramatic reconstruction and with exclusive interviews with surviving relatives of the victims, the story of Howard Wilson is told in full in this powerful BBC ALBA documentary.
It was 30 December, 1969. As Glasgow busied itself with New Year preparations, Wilson snapped when confronted. Young officer on the scene, Angus Mackenzie was shot dead, with two bullets. His colleague Edward Barnett was also fired upon, and survived just a matter of days following the horrific attack. Inspector Andrew Hyslop, who had led the team to the flat, was left badly debilitated for life after Wilson shot him in the face. In the programme, Wilson’s two sons describe the dreadful aftermath and enduring effects of that day, on all their lives.
Only the intervention of other brave officers prevented further bloodshed. As news of the shootings spread, there was a public outcry. Families of the officers petitioned for the return of hanging, abolished in the UK just a few weeks before. In a deeply moving interview, the brother of the late Angus Mackenzie talks of being inconsolable with grief for his murdered sibling.
Presented by John Morrison, the programme examines what may have made a man once sworn to uphold the law, commit society’s most heinous crime - with little apparent motive, and no remorse.
Howard Wilson was sentenced to life. But far from disappearing from the public eye, he went on to be involved in the infamous Porterfield riots along with Jimmy Boyle – fellow criminal he had once staked out as a policeman. Wilson also became a best-selling crime fiction author, before being released from prison in 2002, amid further furore.
Produced by STV, “Cop Turned Killer – Sgeulachd Howard Wilson” can be seen on BBC ALBA on Wednesday 23rd March at 9pm, and repeated on Thursday 24th at 10pm.
A’ Phàrlamaid a’ cumail taic do sgoil Ghàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann
Tha buidheann Thar-Phàrtaidh na Gàidhlig aig Pàrlamaid na h-Alba an impis an taic a chuir às ùr dhan an iomairt gus sgoil Ghàidhlig a stèidheachadh ann am prìomh bhaile na h-Alba.
A’ coinneachadh an dè (Diciadain 16mh Màirt), dh’aontaich buill na buidhne sgrìobhadh gu Comhairle Bhaile Dhùn Èidinn a’ moladh dhaibh sgoil Ghàidhlig ùr a stèidheachadh ann am Bonnington ‘sa bhaile – aon de na roghainnean air am bheil a’ Chomhairle a’ beachdachadh aig an t-àm a tha seo.
Chuala na bha an làthair tagradh bho riochdaire meur Dhùn Èidinn de Chomunn nam Pàrant a’ mìneachadh gum bheil trì roghainnean anns am pròiseas co-chomhairleachaidh anns am bheil Comhairle Dhùn Eìdinn an sàs aig an ìre sa: foghlam Gàidhlig a ghluasad gu seann sgoil ann am Bonnington a dheidheadh a leasachadh as ùr; leasachadh a dhèanamh air bun-sgoil Crois na Cise (far am bheil foghlam tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig [FTMG]ga thoirt seachad an dràsta); agus mu dheireadh gin càil a dhèanamh.
A rèir nam pàrantan, nan deidheadh gabhail ris an dàrna neo an treas roghainn, chan fhada gus am bitheadh casg ga chuir air sgoilearan ùra bhi leantainn FTMG.
Dh’aontaich buill na buidhne Thar Phàrtaidh gun robh e cudromach dha rìreabh gum bitheadh cothrom fàs mu choinneamh FTMG ann an Dùn Èideann, agus gun robh iad deònach an taic a chumail ri na pàrantan. Thèid litir chuir chun Chomhairle a’ mìneachadh na beachd seo mas tig am pròiseas co-chomhairleachaidh gu crìoch Diluain-sa-tighinn (21mh Màirt).
Thuirt Fear Gairm na buidhne, Iain Fearchar Rothach BPA gum bu chòir an aon ghoireas a thoirt dha pàrantan is clann ann an Dùn Èideann ‘s a bha nis ga thabhann ann an cuid de phrìomh bhailtean eile na duthcha, leithid Glaschu is Inbhir Nis: “Tha e follaiseach dhuinn uile a nis an ùidh a th’aig pàrantan ann an foghlam tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig, is gu h-àraid far am bheil ‘sgoiltean Ghàidhlig’ ann, seach ionadan Ghàidhlig ann an sgoiltean nas motha.
“Tha sinn tuigse gum bheil a’ Chomhairle an ìre mhath taiceil dhan ghluasad tha seo, agus mar bhuidheann tha sinn gu mòr airson taic chumail riutha, is a bhi moladh gun gabh iad an ceum chudromach seo gus ligeil le FTMG a ghluasad chun an ath ìre ann an Dùn Èideann.”
Be seo a choinneamh mu dheireadh den bhuidheann thar phàrtaidh ron taghadh airson a’ Phàrlamaid Albannach ‘sa Chèitean. Dh’aontaich na buill gun robh e gu bhith cudromach cuir ri iomhaigh na Gàidhlig ‘sa Phàrlamaid ùr airson aire an tuilleadh Buill Pàrlamaid tharraing dhan obair leasachaidh.
Leis gum bheil e ligeil seachad a dhreuchd mar Ball Pàrlamaid Albannach, is nach eil e an dùil seasamh aig àm an taghaidh, be seo cuideachd a’ choinneamh mu dheireadh aig Mghr Rothach mar Fear Gairm na buidhne Thar Phàrtaidh. Thuirt Dòmhnall MacNèill, Ceannard Chomunn na Gàidhlig, a tha cuideachd na Rùnaire air a’ Bhuidheann Thàr Phàrtaidh gun robh h-uile duine bha an làthair gu math taingeil dhan obair a bha Mghr Rothach air dhèanamh fad na bliadhnachan: “Bha na buill a bha an làthair an dè gu h-aon ghuthach a’ toirt an taing làidir dha Mghr Rothach. Be am beachd a bh’aca nach robh obair agus toradh na buidhne air a bhi faisg cho èifeachdach as aonais, agus gun robh e airidh air moladh sònraichte airson an taic a chùm e ri obair leasachaidh na Gàidhlig.”
A’ coinneachadh an dè (Diciadain 16mh Màirt), dh’aontaich buill na buidhne sgrìobhadh gu Comhairle Bhaile Dhùn Èidinn a’ moladh dhaibh sgoil Ghàidhlig ùr a stèidheachadh ann am Bonnington ‘sa bhaile – aon de na roghainnean air am bheil a’ Chomhairle a’ beachdachadh aig an t-àm a tha seo.
Chuala na bha an làthair tagradh bho riochdaire meur Dhùn Èidinn de Chomunn nam Pàrant a’ mìneachadh gum bheil trì roghainnean anns am pròiseas co-chomhairleachaidh anns am bheil Comhairle Dhùn Eìdinn an sàs aig an ìre sa: foghlam Gàidhlig a ghluasad gu seann sgoil ann am Bonnington a dheidheadh a leasachadh as ùr; leasachadh a dhèanamh air bun-sgoil Crois na Cise (far am bheil foghlam tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig [FTMG]ga thoirt seachad an dràsta); agus mu dheireadh gin càil a dhèanamh.
A rèir nam pàrantan, nan deidheadh gabhail ris an dàrna neo an treas roghainn, chan fhada gus am bitheadh casg ga chuir air sgoilearan ùra bhi leantainn FTMG.
Dh’aontaich buill na buidhne Thar Phàrtaidh gun robh e cudromach dha rìreabh gum bitheadh cothrom fàs mu choinneamh FTMG ann an Dùn Èideann, agus gun robh iad deònach an taic a chumail ri na pàrantan. Thèid litir chuir chun Chomhairle a’ mìneachadh na beachd seo mas tig am pròiseas co-chomhairleachaidh gu crìoch Diluain-sa-tighinn (21mh Màirt).
Thuirt Fear Gairm na buidhne, Iain Fearchar Rothach BPA gum bu chòir an aon ghoireas a thoirt dha pàrantan is clann ann an Dùn Èideann ‘s a bha nis ga thabhann ann an cuid de phrìomh bhailtean eile na duthcha, leithid Glaschu is Inbhir Nis: “Tha e follaiseach dhuinn uile a nis an ùidh a th’aig pàrantan ann an foghlam tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig, is gu h-àraid far am bheil ‘sgoiltean Ghàidhlig’ ann, seach ionadan Ghàidhlig ann an sgoiltean nas motha.
“Tha sinn tuigse gum bheil a’ Chomhairle an ìre mhath taiceil dhan ghluasad tha seo, agus mar bhuidheann tha sinn gu mòr airson taic chumail riutha, is a bhi moladh gun gabh iad an ceum chudromach seo gus ligeil le FTMG a ghluasad chun an ath ìre ann an Dùn Èideann.”
Be seo a choinneamh mu dheireadh den bhuidheann thar phàrtaidh ron taghadh airson a’ Phàrlamaid Albannach ‘sa Chèitean. Dh’aontaich na buill gun robh e gu bhith cudromach cuir ri iomhaigh na Gàidhlig ‘sa Phàrlamaid ùr airson aire an tuilleadh Buill Pàrlamaid tharraing dhan obair leasachaidh.
Leis gum bheil e ligeil seachad a dhreuchd mar Ball Pàrlamaid Albannach, is nach eil e an dùil seasamh aig àm an taghaidh, be seo cuideachd a’ choinneamh mu dheireadh aig Mghr Rothach mar Fear Gairm na buidhne Thar Phàrtaidh. Thuirt Dòmhnall MacNèill, Ceannard Chomunn na Gàidhlig, a tha cuideachd na Rùnaire air a’ Bhuidheann Thàr Phàrtaidh gun robh h-uile duine bha an làthair gu math taingeil dhan obair a bha Mghr Rothach air dhèanamh fad na bliadhnachan: “Bha na buill a bha an làthair an dè gu h-aon ghuthach a’ toirt an taing làidir dha Mghr Rothach. Be am beachd a bh’aca nach robh obair agus toradh na buidhne air a bhi faisg cho èifeachdach as aonais, agus gun robh e airidh air moladh sònraichte airson an taic a chùm e ri obair leasachaidh na Gàidhlig.”
HIE Investment Supports £9 million Kintyre Transformation
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is supporting international investors in the creation of a £9 million tourism development in the Kintyre peninsula.
HIE Board is announcing its support package has increased to £2.2 million including £886,000 from the European Regional Development Fund. This will support the delivery of the restoration of The Royal Hotel in Campbeltown and The Ugadale Hotel at Machrihanish, by the Kintyre Development Company (KDC).
KDC is a subsidiary of Southworth International Holdings Ltd, a US based international golf and leisure developer. It currently owns the new Machrihanish Dunes golf course and the award winning Ugadale Golf Cottages.
The restoration of these two hotels will result in the creation of over 50 jobs and bring more than £3 million to the economy annually.
The HIE board is in Machrihanish and Campbeltown today (Thursday) to meet with a range of businesses delivering key projects for the area.
Chair of HIE, William Roe commented: “The Kintyre peninsula has a long history as a leisure and golfing centre. This significant investment from HIE demonstrates our ambition for the area and our desire to see a vibrant community and economy attracting visitors from around the world.”
“Southworth’s commitment and investment is having a major impact on the future opportunities for our communities. The restoration of these magnificent hotels will complement the renowned golf courses in this community and encourage visitors to stay longer to enjoy the benefits the wider area offers.”
The project itself will redevelop The Ugadale Hotel, which overlooks the famous Old Tom Morris Machrihanish Golf Club and is minutes away from the Machrihanish Dunes Golf Course. Both courses have been featured in the list of Top 100 Scottish and World courses. The hotel will comprise 23 rooms, a day spa and a beautiful restaurant and bar.
The Royal Hotel, located in the centre of Campbeltown, with views across the famous Campbeltown Loch, will be reconfigured and refurbished to provide 23 rooms, all en suite, a pub and a high quality full service restaurant.
HIE Board is announcing its support package has increased to £2.2 million including £886,000 from the European Regional Development Fund. This will support the delivery of the restoration of The Royal Hotel in Campbeltown and The Ugadale Hotel at Machrihanish, by the Kintyre Development Company (KDC).
KDC is a subsidiary of Southworth International Holdings Ltd, a US based international golf and leisure developer. It currently owns the new Machrihanish Dunes golf course and the award winning Ugadale Golf Cottages.
The restoration of these two hotels will result in the creation of over 50 jobs and bring more than £3 million to the economy annually.
The HIE board is in Machrihanish and Campbeltown today (Thursday) to meet with a range of businesses delivering key projects for the area.
Chair of HIE, William Roe commented: “The Kintyre peninsula has a long history as a leisure and golfing centre. This significant investment from HIE demonstrates our ambition for the area and our desire to see a vibrant community and economy attracting visitors from around the world.”
“Southworth’s commitment and investment is having a major impact on the future opportunities for our communities. The restoration of these magnificent hotels will complement the renowned golf courses in this community and encourage visitors to stay longer to enjoy the benefits the wider area offers.”
The project itself will redevelop The Ugadale Hotel, which overlooks the famous Old Tom Morris Machrihanish Golf Club and is minutes away from the Machrihanish Dunes Golf Course. Both courses have been featured in the list of Top 100 Scottish and World courses. The hotel will comprise 23 rooms, a day spa and a beautiful restaurant and bar.
The Royal Hotel, located in the centre of Campbeltown, with views across the famous Campbeltown Loch, will be reconfigured and refurbished to provide 23 rooms, all en suite, a pub and a high quality full service restaurant.
HIE to focus on four priorities for economic and community growth
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has announced the four priorities it will pursue over the coming years to support Scotland’s economic recovery and deliver sustainable growth across the region.
The priorities, which are mutually dependent, form the core of HIE’s new Operating Plan 2011-14, which takes effect from April. HIE will:
support businesses and social enterprises to shape and realise their growth aspirations;
strengthen communities and fragile areas;
develop key sectors, particularly distinctive regional opportunities, and
create the conditions for a competitive and low carbon region.
The new plan is the organisation’s first since Alex Paterson became Chief Executive last August.
It sets out HIE’s vision for a successful Highlands and Islands in which increasing numbers of people choose to live, work study and invest, and details actions the development agency will take to help deliver sustainable economic and community growth in all parts of the Highlands and Islands.
“The opportunities and prospects for the Highlands and Islands over this decade are exciting and significant,” said Mr Paterson.
“In particular, I want the Highlands and Islands to fulfil its potential as an internationally-significant hub for renewable energy, and to use superfast broadband to become one of the most digitally-connected regions in Europe.
“Developments in renewables and in broadband are important for all parts of Scotland, but they will have a vital role in our most rural and fragile communities in particular.
“HIE has a unique remit which integrates both economic and community development, and one of the features of our plan is placing our role in strengthening communities and fragile areas absolutely centre stage.
“Through account managers based in our area teams across the region, we will work closely with hundreds of local businesses, social enterprises and communities to help them define and deliver their own plans for sustainable growth.
“Going forward we are giving increased prominence to helping client businesses explore new, particularly export markets, both through our own initiatives and in partnership with Scottish Development International and others..
“At the same time, many of our major projects are taking shape in areas which face significant challenges, including Argyll, Moray, Caithness, and the Outer Hebrides.
“It’s critical that we sustain HIE’s historic commitment to support all parts of the Highlands and Islands, and this Operating Plan sets out the framework to help us achieve this.”
HIE’s leadership team has been reshaped to put the new Operating Plan into action.
Carroll Buxton, who was Regional Director – East, becomes Director of Regional Development.
Forbes Duthie retains his previous post as Director of Finance and Corporate Services.
The Director of Strengthening Communities is also unchanged, with John Watt fulfilling that role.
Charlotte Wright, previously Regional Director – Highland, has been appointed Director of Business and Sector Growth.
A new post of Director of Energy and Low Carbon has also been created, underlining the significance of renewable energy to the region’s future development. Calum Davidson, previously HIE’s Head of Key Sectors, has been appointed to this post.
Front line service delivery remains a prime focus under the new structure. All eight of the agency’s locally-based area teams remain in place, underlining HIE’s commitment to deliver growth in every part of the Highlands and Islands.
HIE’s total budget for 2011-12 is £75,297,000, a reduction of around £7.7m compared with 2010-11.
With government finances certain to remain under pressure for the foreseeable future, HIE is setting out to target alternative sources of funding to supplement its own investments.
At the same time, the agency will continue its drive to keep operating costs and back office employment to a minimum. Twelve members of staff who applied for voluntary severance will have left HIE by the end of March.
Chair of HIE William Roe CBE says the Operating Plan and organisational changes will enable HIE to plan for the next decade while contributing fully to the more urgent timescale of Scotland’s economic recovery.
“HIE is ambitious for all parts of the Highlands and Islands, and ambitious for Scotland as a whole,” said Mr Roe.
“We’re committed to play our part in delivering national economic recovery, alongside our partners in the private, public and third sectors, and this Operating Plan will help us do that.
“The actions HIE and our partners will take over the coming years aim to ensure that the Highlands and Islands is home to some of Scotland’s most exciting growth businesses, particularly in key sectors, has international ambitions, and is a prime asset for attracting inward investment to the country.”
The Operating Plan is available on the HIE website at: www.hie.co.uk/about-hie/policies-and-publications/operating-plan.html
The priorities, which are mutually dependent, form the core of HIE’s new Operating Plan 2011-14, which takes effect from April. HIE will:
support businesses and social enterprises to shape and realise their growth aspirations;
strengthen communities and fragile areas;
develop key sectors, particularly distinctive regional opportunities, and
create the conditions for a competitive and low carbon region.
The new plan is the organisation’s first since Alex Paterson became Chief Executive last August.
It sets out HIE’s vision for a successful Highlands and Islands in which increasing numbers of people choose to live, work study and invest, and details actions the development agency will take to help deliver sustainable economic and community growth in all parts of the Highlands and Islands.
“The opportunities and prospects for the Highlands and Islands over this decade are exciting and significant,” said Mr Paterson.
“In particular, I want the Highlands and Islands to fulfil its potential as an internationally-significant hub for renewable energy, and to use superfast broadband to become one of the most digitally-connected regions in Europe.
“Developments in renewables and in broadband are important for all parts of Scotland, but they will have a vital role in our most rural and fragile communities in particular.
“HIE has a unique remit which integrates both economic and community development, and one of the features of our plan is placing our role in strengthening communities and fragile areas absolutely centre stage.
“Through account managers based in our area teams across the region, we will work closely with hundreds of local businesses, social enterprises and communities to help them define and deliver their own plans for sustainable growth.
“Going forward we are giving increased prominence to helping client businesses explore new, particularly export markets, both through our own initiatives and in partnership with Scottish Development International and others..
“At the same time, many of our major projects are taking shape in areas which face significant challenges, including Argyll, Moray, Caithness, and the Outer Hebrides.
“It’s critical that we sustain HIE’s historic commitment to support all parts of the Highlands and Islands, and this Operating Plan sets out the framework to help us achieve this.”
HIE’s leadership team has been reshaped to put the new Operating Plan into action.
Carroll Buxton, who was Regional Director – East, becomes Director of Regional Development.
Forbes Duthie retains his previous post as Director of Finance and Corporate Services.
The Director of Strengthening Communities is also unchanged, with John Watt fulfilling that role.
Charlotte Wright, previously Regional Director – Highland, has been appointed Director of Business and Sector Growth.
A new post of Director of Energy and Low Carbon has also been created, underlining the significance of renewable energy to the region’s future development. Calum Davidson, previously HIE’s Head of Key Sectors, has been appointed to this post.
Front line service delivery remains a prime focus under the new structure. All eight of the agency’s locally-based area teams remain in place, underlining HIE’s commitment to deliver growth in every part of the Highlands and Islands.
HIE’s total budget for 2011-12 is £75,297,000, a reduction of around £7.7m compared with 2010-11.
With government finances certain to remain under pressure for the foreseeable future, HIE is setting out to target alternative sources of funding to supplement its own investments.
At the same time, the agency will continue its drive to keep operating costs and back office employment to a minimum. Twelve members of staff who applied for voluntary severance will have left HIE by the end of March.
Chair of HIE William Roe CBE says the Operating Plan and organisational changes will enable HIE to plan for the next decade while contributing fully to the more urgent timescale of Scotland’s economic recovery.
“HIE is ambitious for all parts of the Highlands and Islands, and ambitious for Scotland as a whole,” said Mr Roe.
“We’re committed to play our part in delivering national economic recovery, alongside our partners in the private, public and third sectors, and this Operating Plan will help us do that.
“The actions HIE and our partners will take over the coming years aim to ensure that the Highlands and Islands is home to some of Scotland’s most exciting growth businesses, particularly in key sectors, has international ambitions, and is a prime asset for attracting inward investment to the country.”
The Operating Plan is available on the HIE website at: www.hie.co.uk/about-hie/policies-and-publications/operating-plan.html
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