CalMac’s Mallaig-Lochboisdale pilot ferry service sees first services cancelled
The promised twice-a-week winter ferry service between Mallaig and Lochboisdale was to start today – 12th November - weather permitting. But the weather did not permit.MV Lord of the Isles was to leave...
View ArticleFor Argyll’s 2013 tributes – to the economic drivers
The Argyll economy could best be described as inert, with low levels of entrepreneurship, modest ambition, a high level of public sector employment and substantial service costs to be met.This makes...
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Story’s stories 1: Ian Cleaver talks to Mike Story
I am sitting rather appropriately in the lounge of an Oban seafront hotel with my first guest in the series of Story’s stories.My partner in conversation today has an almost iconic status in Argyll –...
View ArticleInsights for Argyll and the Isles in CalMac’s annual carrying figures
The relationship between Argyll and CalMac is pretty hard wired. 17 of the ferry operator’s 27 routes – 63% – are in Argyll and the Isles. The black and white, red funnelled ferries of all shapes and...
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