Renfrewshire Council is to pursue an innovative town centre planning scheme that would make Renfrew the first of its kind in Scotland. Councillors this week gave the green light to the principle of creating a simplified planning zone (SPZ) in Renfrew town centre. An SPZ streamlines the planning process by allowing certain types of development
2.7% increase in October passenger numbers Busiest October in six years Glasgow Airport has reported yet another month of growth after 734,000 passengers travelled through its doors in October, representing an increase of 2.7% compared to the same period last year. It was the airport’s 21st consecutive month of growth and its busiest October in
]The project to restore Paisley’s iconic Russell Institute has reached a major milestone with Renfrewshire Council set to officially take…
Hundreds of Renfrewshire residents enjoyed a community event with a difference at Paisley Town Hall this week. Visitors to the Renfrewshire Council’s Your Home, Your Street, Our Community event walked through a series of model home, garden and street exhibits, receiving expert information and advice on their journey. The event was designed by Community Resources
A FORMER MEP is back on the campaign trail to win a vote among the business community in Paisley. Labour veteran Hugh McMahon has been out canvassing support in a last-minute push to have a Business Improvement District set up in Paisley town centre. Postal ballot papers have been sent out to owners of shops,
Thomas Cook Airlines has today announced that, in addition to the airlines weekly flight to Las Vegas next summer, it will operate a range of new flights to Holguin and Varadero in Cuba from Glasgow Airport during the winter months as well as extending its flights to Las Vegas. Operating on the airlines Airbus A330
Over the past six and a half years M8 Driving School has built up a very good reputation in the Renfrewshire area and this week Susan Cook Patton and Lori Anderson have made it pass 100 and 101 for Steven Porter Adi owner of the school. It's been full of hard work, fun, laughter as
Caussade Fine Arts 1st Art Exhibition For the entire month of November, Eigen will host Caussade Fine Art’s 1st local art exhibition which showcases the work of new artist in the local area. Local artist Allan Elliott began the art classes in March of 2014, with only a few pupils to begin with. It has
The Renfrewshire Tackling Poverty Commission turned its focus to ‘maximising household income’ this week as it continues to build the picture of how more families could be helped out of the poverty cycle. The recent meeting of the Commission gathered evidence on a range of issues that can impact positively and negatively on a household’s
The Paisley fireworks display due to take place on Saturday has been called off due to safety risks posed by the expected wind direction. The Paisley fireworks display due to take place on Saturday has been called off due to safety risks posed by the expected wind direction. But the full afternoon of free entertainment
Chameleon Tattoo will be holding a charity tattoo day in support of both Breast Cancer Awareness and Help for Heroes. All the artists are giving up their time for the whole of the day to offer specially themed designs at low, low prices. Every single penny of that money will go to charity so please come