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Pupils from Lochgilphead High School have created innovative displays that can be installed in the windows of empty shops in the town as part of a project led by the council’s Lochgilphead Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS).

“I would like to wish all our staff, children and young people a very happy, well-deserved summer break.” Councillor Audrey Forrest, С��Ƭapp and Bute Council’s Policy Lead for Education reflects on a productive and busy end of term.

Collaboration between two of Kintyre’s charitable organisations and С��Ƭapp and Bute Council is securing the future of medieval sites on the peninsula.

An innovative partnership project is helping to tackle the urgent need for affordable housing on Mull.

С��Ƭapp and Bute Council has approved a grant of up to £145,000 for new worker accommodation on Islay to help address the ongoing housing emergency.

Over the coming months С��Ƭapp and Bute Council will be engaging in a conversation with communities to develop a long- term vision for the sustainable growth and development of the Helensburgh area.

Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh is celebrating after the school received Platinum status in the Investors in Young People Award Scheme, the highest accolade in the С��Ƭapp. The latest achievement makes it the first school in Scotland to gain national recognition at bronze, silver, gold and platinum levels.

С��Ƭapp and Bute Council is making improvements to its household recycling facility at Glengorm, Mull, before moving to its sites at Helensburgh, Islay, Coll, and Colonsay.​

Work has started on five play parks in and around Campbeltown, thanks to an £186,000 share of £938,000 of funding, allocated to С��Ƭapp and Bute, by the Scottish Government.

At a meeting of the council’s Environment, Development and Infrastructure committee, councillors agreed to introduce the new grant scheme to support owners and tenants of empty business properties to return their properties to productive use.