MORAY COUNCIL WILL write to Clydesdale Bank chiefs appealing for a change of heart over plans to close two of their branches in Moray. The chairman of the economic development and infrastructure services committee, independent councillor John Cowe, responded positively to a special motion by SNP councillors Pearl Paul and Sonya Warren. Councillor Cowe pointed … Read more
MORAY BOAT OWNERS with their vessels berthed at Council-owned harbours will be asked to pay more from April – but for many not as much as was originally proposed. The issue was brought back to the economic development and infrastructure committee yesterday after officials accepted that the original paper on which councillors took their decisions … Read more
THREE SCOTTISH BANKS WILL be invited to meet with political and community representatives in Moray to discuss the ongoing need for branches to remain open. That was one of the outcomes form a summit meeting on Sunday between Speyside community campaigners, local MP Angus Robertson and MSP Richard Lochhead. The summit was called in Aberlour … Read more
SNP COUNCILLORS HAVE tabled an emergency motion to the economic development and infrastructure services committee next week calling for support to communities hit by bank closures. A growing online community action group are appealing to the Clydesdale Bank to reverse their decision to close two branches in Buckie and Aberlour – point out that the … Read more
XENOPHOBIA FROM TORY politicians operating a “dangerous and divisive agenda” could prove disastrous for Moray and Banffshire firms in the fish processing industry. That is the view being expressed by Banffshire & Buchan Coast’s SNP MSP Stewart Stevenson this week, highlighting how first in his constituency would be hit by “reckless” plans for a £1000 … Read more
A PETITION CALLING for a change of direction by Moray Council over increased charges for harbour berths has been accepted and supported by the SNP group. Angry council-owned harbour users in Hopeman launched a bid to reverse the decision – and having conceded that the original decision taken late last year by councillors may not … Read more