A North Ayrshire Council initiative is helping parents to find work while expanding the talent pool for local employers. The Council’s Step Into Customer Service programme is helping to enhance parents’ job opportunities in well-paid posts. New Scot Kateryna Voloshanovych, from Ukraine, is a mum-of-two who is currently working as an administrative assistant with Taylor
A major event looking at building and developing marine tourism in Scotland was held in North Ayrshire this week. Organised by Sail Scotland, the Scotland Marine Tourism conference took place at Waterside Hotel in West Kilbride on Tuesday (19 March) It provided an opportunity for North Ayrshire Council to showcase the region and the work
A number of North Ayrshire Council offices and buildings in Irvine are being reviewed as part of a wide-ranging property exercise. Elected members are being asked to consider the new proposals for the Irvine locality at a meeting of Cabinet on Tuesday. The drivers behind the property plans are to better align the Council’s office
People with long-term health conditions and disabilities are invited to discover what a specialist employability service can do to help brighten up their future. The Equal Programme is a supported employment service that guides people across North Ayrshire into work and training. It comes under the banner of North Ayrshire Council’s employability service’s Your Next
A major event to promote marine tourism and how to maximise its potential takes place in North Ayrshire next month. Organised by Sail Scotland, North Ayrshire Council is proud to be supporting the Scotland Marine Tourism conference which takes place at Waterside Hotel in West Kilbride on Tuesday 19 March. The event is part of
North Ayrshire Council’s Capital Budget will deliver investment worth more than £400million to help support communities and residents. The Capital Budget supports investment in buildings, infrastructure and regeneration projects and the newly-approved programme will see a focus on a number of major developments. This includes projects as varied as the new Ardrossan Community Campus, creation
THE ambitious plans to transform the Harbourside area of Irvine have taken a significant step forward. Elected members approved a Masterplan for the ‘Great Harbour’ proposals at a meeting of Cabinet on Tuesday. The Masterplan sets out the vision for how the area can be developed and improved using £14m of Ayrshire Growth Deal funding
DOZENS of local people are set to be given a skills boost after the first round of the Ayrshire Skills Investment Fund (ASIF) was completed. The £3.5 million Ayrshire Growth Deal project was launched at the end of October to help employers grow and develop their employees and increase skills for Ayrshire residents, linking them
North Ayrshire Council’s Community Investment Fund is helping the Isle of Arran on its way to gaining UNESCO Global Geopark status. With an ambitious two-year plan, Arran Geopark has appointed a Project Director to help develop and implement the Geopark’s development plan. This was made possible when the bid for £79,583 from the Community Investment
A series of public information exhibitions on plans for the B714 road upgrade are taking place in February.The aim of the upgrade is to increase the potential for economic development and tourism by significantly improving connectivity to Glasgow, the Central Belt and wider motorway network. It would also provide enhanced links to the Arran and
