| Smoking in Public Places 26 March 2006 and Beyond On the 26 March 2006 the Prohibition of Smoking in Certain Premises (Scotland) Regulations 2006 will come into force, and South Ayrshire Council is working to put in place arrangements so that there is a smooth transition. |
| Traffic Regulation Order Shawfarm Area in Prestwick South Ayrshire Council proposes to consider the introduction of a Traffic Regulation Order introducing waiting restrictions in the Shawfarm Area of Prestwick |
| Traffic Regulation Order - A79 Airport Loop Road, Prestwick South Ayrshire Council proposes to consider the introduction of a Traffic Regulation Order implementing a 24-hour Clearway on that length of the A79 Airport Loop Road from Shawfarm Roundabout to Monktonhill Roundabout. |
| Council Set to Contribute £104,400 to Timber Transport Project South Ayrshire Council is set to earmark £104,400 from its capital budget in the next financial year to go towards a funding scheme to reduce damage and disruption on the rural road network due to timber transport. |
| Limited Company Being Set Up to Look After Funding from Hadyard Hill A limited company is being set up to administer a fund which is set to benefit local communities from the windfarm development at Hadyard Hill, near Old Dailly. |
| Embroidery Presentation by Guild Members A framed embroidery depicting the Auld Brig over the River Ayr, produced by members of the Ayrshire Embroidery Guild, as part of the Ayr 800 celebrations has been presented to South Ayrshire Council for future safekeeping. |
| Are you Burying Your Head in the Sand? Are you burying your head in the sand? That's the question Trading Standards is asking residents of South Ayrshire this New Year as credit cards bills start dropping through their letterboxes. |
| Funding Boost for Troon Wintertainment South Ayrshire Provost Winifred Sloan presented a cheque for £500 to Troon Business Association that will be used towards meeting the costs for the 2005 Troon Wintertainment Fun Day. |
| PPP Preferred Bidder Provides Briefing for Council on Schools Initiative A further significant step forward in the preparations for making a start on South Ayrshire Council's ambitious £73 million Public Private Partnership Initiative to replace or improve school buildings took place today (18.1.06). |
| Fun Playtime at Boydfield Gardens Prestwick The children's play area in Boydfield Gardens in Prestwick now has new equipment and a safe play surface, and children are having great fun playing on it. |
| 2006/2007 Rents Announced for Council Tenants Rent increases of 3.7% for 2006/2007 have been approved for South Ayrshire Council tenants by members of the Council's Policy and Resources Committee. |
| Burns National Heritage Park South Ayrshire Council has taken a further step to safeguard the future of the Burns National Heritage Park (BNHP). |
| Appointed to Market New Development at Prestwick International Aerospace Park Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire, supported by South Ayrshire Council has just appointed international property consultants King Sturge as sole agent to market a new 42,000 ft 2 development at Prestwick International Aerospace Park. |
| Vamoose to Vandalism The South Ayrshire launch of 'Vamoose to Vandalism', a project to make P5 school pupils aware of the dangers and destruction caused by acts of vandalism, took place in Girvan Primary School. |
| Pre-School Provision - Registration Week: 23rd - 27th January 2006 Parents / Carers of children born between 1st March 2002 and 29th February 2004 are eligible to apply for nursery places. |
| Four Candidates Nominated for South Ayrshire By-Election A total of four candidates have been nominated for a by-election taking place on 2 February 2006 to fill a vacant seat on South Ayrshire Council in Electoral Ward No 27 - North Carrick and Maybole East. |
| SAVAS Private Landlords Training Dates, Meetings & Seminars 'Dealing with Deposits and Guarantors' and 'Finding a Tenant' are two of the seminar opportunities that SAVAS is offering FREE to all private landlords who hold property within South Ayrshire. |
| South Ayrshire Landlords Association Meeting SOUTH AYRSHIRE LANDLORDS ASSOCIATION (SALA) are having their next meeting on Tuesday 17th January at 7.30pm in the Cariston Hotel, Miller Road, Ayr. |
| Provost Welcomes Finnish Partners Provost Winifred Sloan welcomed a group of eleven Finnish visitors, who are participating in the European funded Equal Employability Development Partnership project, to the Town Buildings in Ayr and told them about the attractions and benefits of South Ayrshire. |
| Ayr Ark Project Rises from the Ashes South Ayrshire Provost Winifred Sloan presented a cheque for £30,000 from the Ayr Common Good Fund to representatives of the Ayr Ark Project for Youth when they visited the County Buildings in Ayr. |
| Council Leader Works with Chief Executive to Plan Cost-Saving Priorities for Future The Leader of South Ayrshire Council, Councillor Gibson T. Macdonald has outlined the priorities and commitments that the new Council's Administration faces in preparing for the important budget meeting which will determine the Council tax level for South Ayrshire in 2006-07. |
| New Provost and Depute Appointed By Council New appointments to the positions of Provost and Depute Provost have been made by South Ayrshire Council in a review undertaken at a special meeting of the Council. |