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�������� and Bute Council’s wild venison in schools pilot has won the ‘Best Sustainability Project in the UK at the Public Sector Catering Awards 2025. The project project brings the best of the local larder from Jura straight to school menus, with children now enjoying delicious wild venison meatballs and burgers.

Plans to restore Rothesay Pavilion to its former glory and develop it into a top cultural tourist destination in Scotland are edging closer as the project progresses to the next stage.

�������� and Bute Council’s 12-week visitor levy consultation is now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated and gave their views through the surveys, information events, emails, and enquiries.

Here to hear you is an opportunity for people to have a conversation with their council’s leadership and share their views on the big issues for the place where they live.

Bequests, open to residents living in the Oban, Lorn and the Isles area, are available to provide financial support to residents in specific local areas.

Ground investigation and survey works will begin on the Tayinloan/Gigha ferry route during the week beginning 21 April 2025.

Look out for new stickers required for commercial waste customers who have grey general waste bins.

�������� and Bute Council has welcomed the findings of an Accounts Commission report.

�������� and Bute could take off as a pioneering location for drone technology following a series of successful trials across the region.

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will be returning to Oban to “bring global focus on the area as a great place to visit and invest” as the west coast town is announced as a port on the event’s 2025-26 edition.