Budding entrepreneurs have coined in cash for their schools with ingenious inventions in an Ayrshire wide business contest. Schools across the three Ayrshire councils took part in the Sir Tom Hunter Challenge Final, with pupils presenting their business plans in the Dragons’ Den style contest to a panel of judges. Teams representing Ayr Academy, Belmont
Ayr Racecourse has been blasted for the behaviour of bar staff brought in for the Scottish Grand National and racegoers who damaged neighbouring property and urinated in private gardens. The Scottish Grand National was held at the course earlier than normal, on Saturday, April 2, and attracted a crowd of around 13,500. South Ayrshire licensing
Ayr is expected to welcome as many as 2,000 visitors next weekend – as fans descend for a celebration of their favourite comic and movie characters. Ayr Comic Con gets underway at The Citadel on Saturday, June 4 and you can expect diehard fans to be out in force. Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Dr Strange, Captain
An Ayrshire businessman is preparing to embark on a mammoth fundraising challenge in honour of his older brother who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). Adrian Murphy, from Ayr, will take on a series of fundraisers as he aims to raise £40,000 for charity MND Scotland. Adrian, 40, is the CEO of financial planning
The lot of an independent candidate is not an easy one. For Andrew Russell, it has meant clocking up miles along the streets of Ayr North, delivering around 8,000 leaflets to homes and attempting to persuade locals that an independent voice is better than that of the political parties. While the candidates for the main
A church officer from Ayr scooped a Royal award for her dedication to Christian services. Irene Bartholomew, 71, office administrator at Ayr St Columba Church, was awarded a ‘Maundy money’ gift at a special ceremony at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on Maundy Thursday. The annual Royal Maundy service, which dates back to the 13th
A jobs fair is coming to Ayrshire next month which will focus on helping people pursue a career in Adult Social Care. The Park Hotel in Kilmarnock will host the Jobcentre Plus event on Thursday, May 5 from 10am to 2pm. Jobcentre Plus, in partnership with UK Government and employers, is launching a series of
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to serve Royalty? Or perhaps you are considering a change in career to step into the world of hospitality? Then a free six-week training course offering front-of-house and kitchen skills — including butler service, bar licence training, barista training, housekeeping, food hygiene, and basic food preparation
A councillor has called for South Ayrshire Council to ‘move on’ from undeveloped housing sites and look at alternatives. Pockets of land across South Ayrshire are allocated for housing as part of the council’s local development plan, to ensure that there is enough housing to meet demand in the future. However, at a meeting on
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