South Ayrshire Council News

A recent special meeting of South Ayrshire Council has agreed to outsource its vehicle maintenance programme and make a saving of £462,000, over four years, in the process.

DON'T let your winter warmer be a bedtime shocker - let South Ayrshire Council's Trading Standards Service test your electric blanket for you free of charge.

On the 5th September at Ayr Sheriff court, a 46 year old man from Newton Stewart pled guilty to an offence under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 for unnecessary suffering of a cow and was subsequently fined £1500.

During the summer months young people, in libraries across South Ayrshire, have been taking part in the 2008 National Summer Reading Challenge 'Team Read'.

South Ayrshire Council has been formally notified of industrial action on Wednesday 24th September 2008, by three Trade Unions, of which many Council employees are members that will affect Council services.

Depute Provost Mary Kilpatrick recently had the honour of visiting a very special couple, Thelma and Sydney Ormond, who have celebrated an incredible 65 years of married life together.

The National Library of Scotland (NLS) Roadshow, at the Carnegie Library in Ayr has provided a rare insight into the work of the NLS to the people of South Ayrshire.

South Ayrshire Council's Trading Standard Service has been inundated with inquiries from anxious customers of Seguro Travel Ltd, which ceased trading on the 10th September this year.

Representatives of the Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation, from Georgia in the United States of America, visited South Ayrshire Council's Carnegie Library in Ayr on a cultural exchange, to see the wide range of facilities on offer.

South Ayrshire Council is required to produce an annual efficiency statement, both for consideration by the Council and for consolidation by COSLA into a report for local government.

ScotlandsPeople is the official government source for genealogical data for Scotland and from the 11 September 2008 it will be easier than ever to access with the introduction of a voucher system.

A Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS) Elementary Food and Health Course, the first of ten training courses that will take place between September 2008 and March 2009, was held in the County Buildings in Ayr.

South Ayrshire Council hosted a free Supplier Development Programme (SDP) seminar at the Horizon Hotel in Ayr.

South Ayrshire Council is supporting the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) 2008 Ladder Exchange, in conjunction with the Ladder Association

NHS Ayrshire & Arran, North, East and South Ayrshire Councils are working together to raise awareness of the benefits of using sustainable methods of travel to get to and from work.

South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan presented Long Service Awards and Achievement Certificates to Council employees at a ceremony in a marquee in the grounds of Rozelle House.

South Ayrshire Council's Morrison Gardens Sheltered Housing Unit in Ayr transformed into a little part of Mexico, when tenants held a Mexican Fiesta.

Homecoming Scotland aims to make Scotland the place to holiday in 2009 and no trip would be complete without a visit to Ayrshire.