14th October 2021 Statement from Council Leader Joe Cullinane following the announcement from the UK Atomic Energy Authority that the Ardeer peninsular site has been successful in moving to the next phase of the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production shortlisting process. Councillor Cullinane said: “We welcome the news from the UK Atomic Energy Authority that
23rd Sept 2021 A NEW fund is being created to help regenerate derelict areas and buildings across North Ayrshire. The Repurposing Property Grant Fund is being created to help support landowners and community groups to bring back vacant land and properties to use. It is another strand of the ambitious Community Wealth Building Strategy and
22nd Sept 2021 THE ambitious plans for Hunterston that form a key part of the Ayrshire Growth Deal have taken a significant step forward. At a meeting today, North Ayrshire Council, Peel Ports and Scottish Enterprise formalised their relationship – signing a Memorandum of Understanding – which will drive forward the short, medium and long-term
9th September 2021 NORTH Ayrshire Council have provided an update on the ambitious plans for a £170M investment programme in Ardrossan, with major works due to start in spring next year. At a meeting of Full Council, elected members agreed to a further £14 million of budget provision for the transformational regeneration works to support
26th August 2021 A new partnership that vowed to maximise the potential of North Ayrshire’s glorious coastal resources recently celebrated its first anniversary. And that union between North Ayrshire Council and Crown Estate Scotland is already having an impact 12 months on. Last summer the two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – a
Exciting plans for build a Council-owned solar farm are gathering pace. The tender specification for design and installation of the solar photovoltaic (PV) farm at Nethermains on the outskirts of Kilwinning has now been published. And it is hoped that if all goes according to schedule, construction could get under way within the year on
An Irvine based storage solutions firm has cemented its rapid expansion by moving into premises which are ten times larger than their current base. Council Leader Joe Cullinane presented the keys to local business, Rackit, this week when they met to celebrate this latest milestone in the company’s successful journey. The business will move from
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North Ayrshire is open for business… and one of the Council’s key strategic locations could offer a company a new home. That was the message this week as the Council continues its work to reenergise the local economy as Covid-19 restrictions loosen. i3 – Scotland’s largest Life Science enterprise area – which includes Annickbank Innovation
As the growth of the employee ownership continues to accelerate, Co-operative Development Scotland will be adding 9 new episodes to its podcast series, The EO Podcast, over the next 3 weeks. Listen to these new episodes to hear directly from business owners, employees and employee ownership advisers. The series aims to raise awareness of the
