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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Calum Watson
A £3.9bn contract to run Scotland's west coast ferry services for the next 10 years has been directly awarded to the existing state-owned operator CalMac Ferries Ltd. The Scottish government said the service would now be focused on a "public service model" instead of being run on a commercial basis. The latest contract for the Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Service (CHFS) had been due to expire last September but was extended by a year.
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1 week ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Calum Watson
Why Scotland could be hardest hit by RTS meter switch offSome, but not all, old-style meters are affected by RTS signal switch-off [Getty Images]A worrying deadline is looming for nearly 135,000 Scottish homes that have old-style RTS electricity meters installed. From 30 June, the radio signal that controls them will start to be switched off - with a risk customers could be left without heating and hot water.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Calum Watson
A worrying deadline is looming for nearly 135,000 Scottish homes that have old-style RTS electricity meters installed. From 30 June, the radio signal that controls them will start to be switched off - with a risk customers could be left without heating and hot water. Another scenario is that heating could start running all the time and customers could see their bills soar. Energy suppliers are racing against the clock to replace the old equipment.
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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Calum Watson
Why Scotland could be hardest hit by RTS meter switch offCalum WatsonGetty ImagesSome, but not all, old-style meters are affected by RTS signal switch-offA worrying deadline is looming for nearly 135,000 Scottish homes that have old-style RTS electricity meters installed. From 30 June, the radio signal that controls them will be switched off - with a risk customers could be left without heating and hot water.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Calum Watson
Image source, Getty ImagesA contract to build two new small ferries for the River Clyde has gone to a shipyard in MerseysidePrivately-owned Western Ferries announced that Cammell Laird, based at Birkenhead, was preferred bidder to build the vessels for its Gourock to Dunoon Route. The nationalised Ferguson Marine shipyard, which had hoped to win the contract, described the news as "disappointing".
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Calum Watson
Ferguson shipyard misses out on Clyde ferries contractCalum WatsonGetty ImagesA contract to build two new small ferries for the River Clyde has gone to a shipyard in MerseysidePrivately-owned Western Ferries announced that Cammell Laird, based at Birkenhead, was preferred bidder to build the vessels for its Gourock to Dunoon Route. The announcement is a disappointment for the nationalised Ferguson Marine shipyard which had hoped to win the contract.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Calum Watson
A derelict housing estate dubbed "Scotland's Chernobyl" for its eerie ghost-town like appearance is finally about to be razed to the ground. The tenements at Clune Park in the Inverclyde town of Port Glasgow were built a century ago as housing for shipyard workers but have lain mostly abandoned for years. A stand-off between private landlords and the local council has thwarted redevelopment, leaving the site frozen in time with just a handful of tenants remaining.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Calum Watson
No 'social value' scores in CalMac ferries awardNavalueThe contract award for seven new CalMac ferries won last month by a Polish firm was unable to score bids for "social value" without risk of legal challenge, according to Scotland's ferries procurement agency. The nationalised Ferguson shipyard was among the shortlisted bidders - but lost out to Gdansk-based Remontowa which was able to undercut it on price.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Calum Watson
The contract award for seven new CalMac ferries won last month by a Polish firm was unable to score bids for "social value" without risk of legal challenge, according to Scotland's ferries procurement agency. The nationalised Ferguson shipyard was among the shortlisted bidders - but lost out to Gdansk-based Remontowa which was able to undercut it on price. The announcement prompted some politicians to ask whether "social value" had been considered as part of the evaluation.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Calum Watson
A road bridge in southern Scotland has been closed to all traffic at short notice after engineers issued a safety warning. The Kirkcudbright Bridge is shut to vehicles until further notice, leaving drivers in one residential area cut off from the rest of the Dumfries and Galloway town. A diversion is in place but people living in the Merse area, on the western side of the River Dee, now face a six-mile drive on country roads to get into the town centre.
