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A new working group will be set up in ������ and Bute to engage closely with the business community in a drive to secure the long-term prosperity of the region. Councillors on the Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee today (Thursday, June 7) agreed a proposal to create the ������ and Bute Business Group, which will focus on partnership working and building the economy.

Councillors have agreed ����Ů��’s top transport priorities aimed at promoting economic growth and social inclusion. The local priorities will be fed back to the Scottish Government to help inform their latest National Transport Strategy, NTS2. The Council has identified a number of transport priorities, matching many of those highlighted by residents of ����Ů�� and Bute.

Applications for free school meals and clothing grants for the 2018/19 school session are now being accepted by ����Ů��.   Pupils from primary one through to S6, are eligible for free meals and grants provided their parents or carers are in receipt of any of the following:   Income Support  Income Based Jobseekers Allowance  Income Related Employment and Support Allowance

A report detailing the progress of a number of large scale projects across ����Ů�� and Bute has been presented to Councillors. The Council’s Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee was this week (June 7) updated on major projects in Campbeltown, Helensburgh, Rothesay, Inveraray, Tarbert and Dunoon.

Thèid buidheann-obrach ùr a stèidheachadh ann an Earra-Ghàidheal is Bòd airson a bhith ag obair gu dlùth còmhla ri luchd-gnothaich na sgìre leis an amas eaconamaidh làidir a thogail thar ùine fhada. Dh’aontaich Comhairlichean air Comataidh na h-Eaconamaidh, Leasachaidh is Bun-structair an-diugh (Diardaoin, 7 Ògmhios) ri moladh gus Buidheann Gnothachais Earra-Ghàidheal is Bhòid a chur air bhonn, buidheann a bhios a’ brosnachadh obair chom-pàirteach is fàs san eaconamaidh.

Hollywood blockbuster Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will premier at cinemas across the UK today (Wednesday) but did you know that part of the movie was filmed in ����Ů�� and Bute?   Eagle-eyed fans of the movie will spot Glen Mallan Jetty at Loch Long, near Arrochar, when they go to see the film at the cinema over the coming weeks.  

If you care about the future of ������ and Bute, please take just a couple of minutes to help bring millions of pounds of investment to the area by answering this short consultation. ������, along with public, private and voluntary sector partners, is putting together a bid designed to attract UK and Scottish Government investment, through a rural growth deal.

A special meeting of ����Ů��’s Helensburgh and Lomond Area Committee has been re-scheduled to allow officers and councillors extra time to examine and consider more than 1300 responses to the Helensburgh Waterfront pre planning public consultation.

Progress being made to attract more people to live and work in ����Ů�� and Bute has been described as “very encouraging” in a report to Councillors.

����Ů�� has been awarded the UK’s highest level of cyber security accreditation after independent assessors carried out thorough tests on computer systems. The Council has been given its Cyber Essentials Plus certificate, which confirms its commitment to protecting data against the most common internet-based threats to cyber security. These include hacking, phishing and password guessing.