South Ayrshire

An independent retailer from Ayr has landed a significant contract with South Ayrshire Council to help deliver improvements to hundreds of residential council properties until at least 2020. Established in 2010, Radbury Double Glazing will supply PVC windows, doors & other services after winning

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed £4.8 million funding for Spirit AeroSytems’ new open access Aerospace Innovation Centre at its manufacturing site in Prestwick.

An exclusion zone has been set up around Ayr station after contractors found crumbling and exposed roof areas at the former Station Hotel next door. Trains has been delayed and cancelled at the station as a result.

CALA Homes (West) has submitted a joint planning application for a proposed new housing development at Greenan in Ayr. The homebuilder seeks to create a high quality development of 62 homes, off Dunure Road, within the previously consented site.

South Ayrshire Council has had to step in to take action to address public safety concerns at the former Station Hotel in Ayr after the private owners of the dangerous building failed to respond to a statutory warning notice – resulting in works that impact on Ayr rail station. The council had iss

Pupils from Ayr Grammar were among the VIP guests to mark the start of demolition works. The old concrete extension (centre) will be demolished as part of proposals to refurbish the main building The first steps in a project to deliver a new home for Ayr Grammar Primary School have now been taken wi

More than 200 businesses have heard first-hand about new plans to open up public sector contracts to smaller traders.

A road resurfacing company has been fined £15,400 after an employee was run over by a road roller in South Ayrshire. Ayr Sherriff Court heard that on 3 November 2015 an employee of Newlay Civil Engineering Ltd reversed a road roller over the leg of fellow employee, Thomas Shaw. The incident happene

Plans by South Ayrshire Council to develop a new office block in Ayr’s High Street have been unanimously rejected by councillors. The four-storey block, which would have housed up to 350 of its own staff, was voted down unanimously this week by members of South Ayrshire's regulatory panel.

Almost £10 million will be invested in the roads network over the next year South Ayrshire Council has approved plans for a record level of investment in the region’s roads network over the next year.

A new eight-year capital investment programme which sets out total investment of almost £237 million until 2025/26 was agreed by South Ayrshire Council yesterday. Key features of the programme include more than £43 million strategic investment in ICT and £3m more in 2018/19 for road reconstructio

Young people across South Ayrshire are set to benefit as work starts on the new Queen Margaret Academy in Ayr. The new state-of-the-art school which will be completed in October 2019 will not only help transform learning but is set to become a hub for the local community.

An artist's impression of how the campus might look A consultation is now underway on proposals which could lead to the creation of a new Maybole Community Campus in the grounds of the existing Carrick Academy in South Ayrshire.

(from left) Colin Campbell (site manager, Keepmoat Homes), George Laing (clerk of works, Hanover Scotland), Mark Farey (director of asset management, Hanover Scotland), Cllr Philip Saxton (housing & customer services portfolio holder, South Ayrshire Council), Jim Kennedy (architectural manager,

The timber frame exterior is now complete as work continues Plans to transform the education of children and young people with additional support needs in Girvan and South Carrick are now well advanced.