| Unaudited Annual Accounts - Year To March 2006 South Ayrshire Council's Annual Accounts |
| On Your Guard With the arrival of better weather South Ayrshire householders have already received a variety of personal callers offering everything from roof repairs to garden maintenance. |
| Maybole Golf Clubhouse Have your say! On the future use of Maybole Golf Clubhouse. Thursday 10th August 2006, Maybole Golf Clubhouse, Memorial Park From 10.00am until 9.00pm. Please come along and share your views |
| Civic Pride in Action - Maybole Local residents in Maybole generously gave up some of their leisure time to get together and tidy garden areas in Dailly Road and Miller Terrace in Maybole. |
| Step into the Gamezone Young people are being invited to during the summer weather to step into the ‘Games Zone’ of the CyberCentre in Carnegie Library, Main Street in Ayr and play some great FREE games. |
| Ayrshire Samaritans South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan helped the Ayrshire branch of the Samaritans get into the mood for their first ever Flag Day on 24 July 2006 by unveiling a specially branded taxi. |
| Swinging Into Action Putting Children 1st At the Pro-Am immediately prior to the 2006 British Open Champions each amateur will receive a “Pitch in For Kids” divot tool courtesy of South Ayrshire Council along with other items from the tournament sponsors. |
| Are You A Junior Golfer Without A Handicap? On Monday 31 July 2006 the first ever South Ayrshire Junior Golf Pre-handicap Open will be held at South Ayrshire Council’s Troon Fullarton golf course. |
| Still Time To Enter The 2006 Troon Junior Golf Open For The Tom Lehman Trophies South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan will present the Tom Lehman Golf Trophies to the winners of the one day Junior Golf Championship. |
| Funding Boost Means Improved Access To
Services For South Ayrshire Villages Seven villages in the Carrick area of South Ayrshire are set to benefit from £200,000 of funding to be spent on improving access to a range of services and activities. |
| Voluntary Organisations Get A Funding Boost Members of the Policy and Resources Convener and Vice-Convener’s Sub Committee have approved grants totalling £7168.00, which will assist a number of voluntary organisations to continue to provide important services in South Ayrshire. |
| Exciting New Travel Projects For South Ayrshire Members of South Ayrshire Council’s Economic and Tourism Development Convener and Vice Convener’s Sub-Committee have approved a programme of works funded by a grant of £245,000 by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) for financial year 2006-2007. |
| All Change At Port Ranald Drive And Templehill In Troon New traffic regulations, which prohibit loading or waiting at any time, are being introduced in Port Ranald Drive, Templehill and the link road. |
| Cycling, Walking And Safer Streets Projects 2006/2007 Funding of £194,000 received from the Scottish Government’s Cycling, Walking and Safer Streets Projects will be used to further enhance a range of facilities in South Ayrshire. |
| Atlantic Rim Bowling Tournament 2007 The Atlantic Rim Bowling Tournament will take place in Scotland for the first time between 12 and 23 July 2007, the venue will be the National Centre of Excellence at Northfield Bowling Complex in Ayr. |
| Council Tax Collection
Level Praised By COSLA The level of Council tax collection in South Ayrshire has reached an all-time high – with 94.85% of the amount billed for the year which ended on March 31, 2006, being collected within the actual 12 months. |
| Preparing For Next
Year’s Council Elections South Ayrshire Council is taking steps to ensure it is geared up for the Local Authority Elections next year, and is prepared for any implications or resultant changes that may occur afterwards. |
| Free Electronic Business Directory South Ayrshire Council has upgraded and expanded the South Ayrshire Online Business Directory, which is contained within South Ayrshire Council’s website and provides a free electronic business directory. |
| Trading Standards ‘Red Cards’ Substitutes! South Ayrshire Council’s Trading Standards Service has received an award from the International Federation of Spirit Producers (the IFSP) in recognition of the work it has carried out to ensure unscrupulous bar staff or owners don’t dupe the public with substituted spirits. |
| Bottle Top Initiative To Help Stop Drink “Spiking” As the summer party season gets well and truly underway police in Ayrshire are urging clubbers, pub and partygoers to keep an eye on their drinks. |
| Initiative Aims To Combat Vandalism A joint “Schoolwatch” initiative has been launched by Strathclyde Police in conjunction with South Ayrshire Council in a bid to combat misbehaviour in and around school playgrounds during the school holidays. |
SafeShore Initiative to Combat Antisocial Behaviour |
Class Diamonds' Graduation |
| Council Plans New State-Of-The-Art Residential Care Home To Replace “Relics” South Ayrshire Council is preparing to lead the way in providing 21st century residential care facilities for older people as the over-60s population in the Council’s area begins to rise dramatically. |
| Council Reverses Decision To Close Coylton Library The public library at Coylton has been saved from closure. |
| Flying Off Soon? Then Read This! This is the time of year to go on holiday, relax and forget about your worries. However, at some point or another most of us have had aircraft boarding problems due to overbooking, delays or flight cancellations. |