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2010
Boating Business - 5th October 2010
Oban Bay berthing fiasco
In an astonishing volte-face Argyll and Bute Council (A&BC) decided in early
September not to part-fund a yacht berthing facility that has been badly needed
for the last 30 years in Oban Bay, saying the project was not viable and hanging
on to their £900,000.
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The Crown Estate - 22nd June 2010
Rhu Marina £1.4M investment sees better facilities for the Clyde
The Crown Estate is pleased to announce that we are making a significant
financial investment of £1.4 million in Rhu marina on the Firth of Clyde,
Scotland. By early 2011 the sailing community will benefit from a safer and all
year around marina in one of the finest sailing areas in the world.
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South of Scotland Innovation Project - 26 April 2010
Marine Leisure Learning Journey to Largs
The Learning Journey offered an opportunity to discuss the lessons Stranraer
could learn from Largs in the process of developing the new Marina as a major
Marine Leisure destination, and to get ideas and inspiration as to how
businesses can develop products and services that are attractive to Marine
Leisure visitors. The researchers predicted that the Scottish Sailing market
will grow significantly over the next five to ten years.
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ForArgyll - 27th March 2010
Sail West brings £150,000 EU funding to Campbeltown Marina feasibility
study
£150,000 of European funding for Campbeltown comes via Argyll and Bute Council’s
participation in the hugely exciting, transnational Sail West project - designed
to promote to the global sailing fraternity the west coast of Scotland, the
maritime counties of Northern Ireland and the north west coast of County Donegal
in the Republic of Ireland.
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2009
The Herald - 27th August 2009
Argyll marina resort opens
The first phase of a £45m makeover to transform a former oil-rig
construction yard into one of Scotland’s most prestigious tourist destinations
has been unveiled in Argyll.
The Portavadie Marina Complex, on the south-east shores of Loch Fyne, was
officially opened by Enterprise Minister Jim Mather.
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The Herald - 24th August 2009
Plain sailing for tourism as more choose boating breaks
Scotland’s waterways are now second only to its fairways in attracting tourist
cash, according to the country’s sailing and boating industry.The Scottish
marine industry is reporting an upsurge of 30% on charter bookings this year as
tourists splash out on boating breaks.
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BBC News Scotland 21st March 2009
Green light for £175m marina plan
Scottish ministers have given the green light to plans for a £175m facelift of
the historic waterfront in Bo'ness.
The project aims to rejuvenate the town's 400-year-old harbour by creating a
marina as well as a 90-bedroom hotel and hundreds of new homes.
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2008
The Herald - 9th December 2008
Unveiled: The £700m revamp of Edinburgh’s waterfront
Detailed proposals for a scheme at Leith Docks will be
formally unveiled tomorrow. Designers claim the Edinburgh Harbour
masterplan draws on the best examples of "vibrant, flourishing
waterfront cities around the world and provides a more detailed
framework for long term regeneration"
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STV News - 8th December 2008
Wick harbour secures funding to create a marina
Wick has secured a £576,000 funding package to create a marina in
the town's harbour. There has already been a 40% increase in trade
since 12 seasonal pontoons opened last year.
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The Oban Times - 13th November 2008
Oban Bay pontoons given go ahead
A PROPOSAL to build pontoons with 60 short-stay berths and a
floating concrete breakwater in Oban Bay has been approved
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The Press and Journal - 12th November 2008
Harbour pontoons get green light
A new pontoon development set to make Oban the sailing capital of
the west coast was given the go-ahead by Councillors yesterday.
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The Inverness Courier - 28th October 2008
Boom time for city with expanded harbour
Once Inverness Harbour's new quay and marina opens next spring,
yacht berth numbers and facilities will increase considerably,
enabling the port to maintain its recent growth and strongly benefit
the city's economy.
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The Press and Journal - 10th August 2008
Oban the flavour of the month
Record number of cruise ships queue up to sail into port
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The Press and Journal - 13th June 2008
Plans lodged for Oban pontoons
Plans to help make Oban the sailing capital of the west Highlands by
putting berthing pontoons in the middle of the bay were submitted
yesterday.
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The Press and Journal - 23rd May 2008
Marinas at Oban and Tarbert reveal plans for expansion
It’s full steam ahead for
the tourist industry in Argyll
as two marinas reveal plans to expand.
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The Herald - 14th April 2008
Crown Estate pays £4m to hoist flag over Rhu Marina
The Crown Estate has acquired Rhu Marina for "an
initial" £4m - the 6.5 acre, 175 berth site includes moorings,
boat storage areas, marine workshops, chandlery and RNLI station
with slipway and HM Coastguard
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Stornoway Gazette - 28th March 2008
Inner harbour regeneration
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar have allocated the Stornoway
Port Authority Board £75,000 capital sum towards the Inner Harbour
Regeneration
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This is Aberdeen - 8th March 2008
£32 million harbour project would lead to hundreds of
jobs
A major harbour upgrade for Peterhead port for a £32
million new 650ft quay and 328ft breakwater would create hundreds of
jobs and inject millions of pounds into the North-east economy.
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The Arran Banner - 28th February 2008
Cash boost for Lochranza pontoon project
An award of £80,000 has been given to North Ayrshire Council (NAC) -
approved by HIE Argyll and the Islands- towards an overall
cost of £150,000 for a marine tourism infrastructure development
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The Herald - February 26th 2008
letters
Why is Glasgow so inhospitable to visitors from the sea?
Am I alone in wondering why Glasgow provides no
welcome for potential visitors who might arrive by sea? In all the
sailing and cruising guides, the message from Glasgow is: no
welcome, no facilities.
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RYA - members magazine - Spring 2008
Cruising News
Developments in Oban are gathering some momentum.
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The Herald - 19th February 2008£80m plan links loch and rivers
The Bowling basin is one of the proposed starting points for the waterway to link, by boat, the rivers Clyde and Leven with Loch Lomond which would connect two parts of the West of Scotland steeped in a proud maritime heritage, and help revitalise one of the country's most deprived areas along the way.
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The Press and Journal - 13th February 2008
Strong support for £3million pontoons plan
Plans to install an 80-berth pontoon in Oban Bay are
progressing well, with a consultation showing overwhelming support
for the project
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The Press and Journal - 11th January 2008
£9million harbour project already taking shape
The multimillion-pound development project to
transform the face of Inverness harbour and bring in much new trade
is quickly taking shape.
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2007
The Observer - 30th December 2007
Yachtsmen sail north in search of a bargain
Yachting enthusiasts from all over the UK are setting sail for
Scotland after realising they can find moorings north of the border
for a fraction of the cost of those in England.
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The Oban Times - 27th December 2007
Oban Bay breakwater plan to mirror Tobermory success:
Pontoons to pour millions into Oban
An 80-berth pontoon development will pour £3 million into Oban's
economy every year, it was claimed this week.
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The Scotsman - 21st December 2007
Capital cruising to tourist bonanza as dockings soar
VisitScotland estimates that cruise liner tourism is currently worth
at least £30 million to the nation, but it is widely felt that the
untapped potential is huge.
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Inverness Courier - 11th December 2007
New marina aims to be a five-star draw
INVERNESS is aiming to have Scotland's only "five star" yachting
marina, surrounded by a new harbour village, in an attempt to
attract high value tourists from all over Europe.
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Banffshire Journal - 5th December 2007
Businesses win tourist awards
At the recent Northern Lights Tourism Awards in Aberdeen, Banff
Harbour Marina was highly commended, both for innovation and for
tourism and sustainability.
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Press and Journal - 24th November 2007
New marina to bring a visitors boost
A £1.5million Inverness marina will give a huge boost to yachting in
the north where almost every berth is full, it was claimed
yesterday.
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The Arran Banner - 24th November 2007
Lochranza pontoons get the go-ahead
Permission has been granted for the new pontoon project in Lochranza
bay at a meeting of the North Ayrshire Council planning committee.
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The Scotsman - 12th October 2007
A £2 MILLION plan to turn Stornoway into a yachting hot-spot has
been unveiled by the Western Isles council.
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Press and Journal - 9th October 2007
On the crest of a wave
New marina projects are bringing benefits to the North of Scotland
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The Herald - 25th September 2007
£90m makeover to transform the forgotten towns of Argyll
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