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Last Updated: 20/05/2024 14:20:07
Thursday, 31 August 2023 16:01
Members of Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Finance, Procurement and Transformation Committee (FPT) received a report this week (Tuesday 29 August) on the contents of the Joint Scottish Government and COSLA Consultation on a Fairer Council Tax....
Wednesday, 30 August 2023 14:43
Plans have been agreed to boost Dumfries and Galloway’s growing food and drink sector.
Dumfries and Galloway Council is investing £145,000 to develop a Regional Food Plan, delivered through the appointment of a new economic development...
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 10:54
As part of its additional £30m investment over the next five years, Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Roads Service has recruited 13 new operatives. The report presented to Communities Committee on 22 August confirmed that this is the first...
Monday, 21 August 2023 10:22
Prudence will be required from Dumfries and Galloway Council to meet budget commitments over the medium-term.
The Council’s Finance, Procurement and Transformation Committee will hear an update later this month (Tuesday August 29) on the local...
Monday, 21 August 2023 10:18
Last year Dumfries and Galloway Council injected more than £56 million into the local economy through supply chain spending.
Overall, more than 30% of all Council suppliers were locally based and more than 50% based within Scotland.
The figures...
Tuesday, 08 August 2023 14:35
Extensive work at Stranraer Museum has been successfully carried out over recent months as part of strategic investment in the town’s Conservation Area. The scope of work in progress extends from the weathervane on top of the clocktower spire right...
Friday, 04 August 2023 13:23
Dumfries and Galloway Council had the pleasure of welcoming Mr. Kesera Senanayake, the esteemed Mayor of Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Tuesday, 2 August. As part of his holiday in Scotland with his family, Mayor Senanayake made a stopover in Dumfries, accepting...
Tuesday, 01 August 2023 16:03
Cycling endurance World Record holder Josh Quigley has opened Dumfries Museum’s new ‘First Bike’ exhibition.
Last year Josh broke the record for cycling the furthest distance in a single week, when he completed 2,179 miles in seven...
Monday, 31 July 2023 13:49
Gracefield Arts Centre presents exhibitions by two well-know local artist this month. The first show opening in Gallery 2 on Friday 4 August is Immerse, a new body of landscape work by Lochmaben-based Minette Bell Macdonald. Minette is inspired by the...
Monday, 31 July 2023 11:58
The Galloway Hillbillies Bike Club has secured funding to lead an innovative new initiative to get more young people into cycling.
The Club has been selected by Scottish Cycling to lead the ‘Rock Up & Ride’ project in Dumfries &...
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