Western Ferries boss calls for private sector involvement in Scottish ferry...
The jousting in the Scottish Ferry Review consultation period continues. Gordon Ross, MD of Western Ferries has called for the Scottish Government to use the private sector as part of the solution to...
View ArticleResearch reveals shock insights into reality of Dunoon ferry service provision
Research on statistics and some number crunching draws a very interesting picture of the services currently delivered to Dunoon by its two ferry services.These are: Argyll Ferries’ passenger-only...
View ArticleFree use of council leisure services to be linked to drug and alcohol services
Argyll and Bute Council agreed at its meeting today (23rd August) to offer partnerships between the council leisure services and any of the 26 drug and alcohol services in the local authority area who...
View ArticleNew Guardian exposure of Serco performance in NHS contracts
A Guardian article published online yesterday suggests that the Scottish Government, far from getting rid of the responsibility for the Northern Isles ferry services – and preparing to hand over the...
View ArticleEwan Smith may be a lone vote for parents’ wishes on Arbroath school estate
As a newly independent councilor, Ewan Smith, the schools campaigner well known in Argyll, today [7th March] faces a full council meeting on the issue which led to his recent resignation from the SNP...
View ArticleShould Transport Scotland now count passengers and vehicles on Serco...
Is this another case where ‘best value’ may prove to be anything but that?Serco, the giant service supplier to public sectors across the world, has already admitted to the falsification of data on an...
View ArticleOBE for Andrew Banks of Pentland Ferries
In the first state recognition of a private sector ferry operator, the 2014 New Year’s Honours has seen Andrew Banks of Pentland Ferries awarded the OBE for services to ferry services.It is a signal...
View ArticleWhere now for Dunoon’s town centre ferry service?
There is yet further new information to be considered now on this issue.The past week’s release by the Scottish Government, of the results of its one-to-one engagement with six potential operators of...
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