Ayrshire News (Scotland)

BCS, a trusted global provider of Software Asset Management (SAM) solutions and services, today announced, after working with them extensively throughout 2011, an extended contract with Shop Direct, one of its many key customers.

A fundraising cycle around Scotland's top football grounds to raise funds for The Homeless World Cup

Celebrity TV chef Mafiz Ali has concocted an enchantingly romantic menu at Ayr Spice Indian Restaurant in Minishant, South Ayrshire to celebrate St Valentine‘s Day on Monday 14 February.

A rural community in South Ayrshire is benefiting from a new £1.5 million eco-friendly primary school – the first of its kind in the South Ayrshire Council area.

Three companies and a further education college are the latest organisations to complete accession to full membership of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle.

Western House Hotel at Ayr Racecourse in Ayrshire, Scotland has appointed Donald McInnes as Executive Chef.

The good news for all lovers of high class Indian cuisine in South West Scotland is that celebrity TV chef Mafiz Ali is back at the Indian Restaurant in Minishant, Ayrshire.

Scotland’s leading independent property consultancy CKD Galbraith has outlined its thoughts on the residential Home Report two years on since its inception, and how it has encouraged a degree of stability in the market place.

Ayr-based ARPL Architects Ltd have triumphed in the Annual Roses Design Awards for 2010. Given to recognise the best design projects in architecture and design in the UK, the Roses Awards are one of the most prestigious design awards in the country.

Apart from HTC gratia, not a single multimedia gizmo is available in UK mobile phone market that can satiate all types of users. In addition, it is in reach of every type of buyer.

The Apple iPhone 4 is the first Apple iPhone to be selling though some really cheap Apple iPhone 4 contract deals.

Ayr Racecourse has been voted Racecourse of the Year 2010 for Scotland and the North East of England by The Racegoers Club - the seventh consecutive year the course has won this coveted award.

CJM, a proactive accountancy firm based in Ayr, has enhanced its current Charity Accounting services by redeveloping its Independent Review service, saving Charities money by moving them from an expensive Audit.

Clydesdale Bank has underlined its commitment to the local business community in Ayr with the appointment of a new business development partner to its Ayrshire Financial Solutions Centre.

University of Cumbria student Hamish Scott-Brown has recently completed his postgraduate studies in photography and received his MA award, two professional fellowships and the "Peter Grugeon Award" by the BIPP

Situated in a stunning rural location in popular South Ayrshire is West Brockloch, the latest group of exclusive country properties by H McMurray and Son offered for sale by leading Scottish independent property consultancy CKD Galbraith's Ayr Office

Jumps horse racing returns to Ayr Racecourse on Wednesday 1 December with a seven race card due off at 12.20pm. The winter action continues through until the showpiece of the 2010/11 season: the Coral Scottish Grand National Festival on 15/16 April..

The Elite Cambridge Business Circle is holding a symposium next month entitled “After the Spending Cuts - the Prospects for Cambridgeshire Businesses in 2011”. All business people in Cambridgeshire are cordially invited to attend.

With Christmas and New Year being just around the corner many people’s thoughts are turning to a festive getaway, and what better way to spend it than in true Scottish fashion.

Summary- Rain chains are the preference of millions of people nowadays because of its impeccable features. It is usually installed in the garden of a house so that rain water can be reused for watering plants.

Turnberry, a Luxury Collection Resort, Scotland, has so much confidence in its unusually mild climate that it is offering a guarantee to golfers staying in the hotel this winter.

At the latest meeting of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle, South Ayrshire Council chief executive David Anderson delivered a presentation about the impact of the recent Government Comprehensive Spending Review on the Council and its services.

An attractive country holding with a single storey house, range of outbuildings and about 5 acres of grazing land, in an unspoilt Ayrshire rural location is offered for sale by leading Scottish independent property consultancy CKD Galbraith.

South Ayrshire Council is asking residents and communities across South Ayrshire to make their views known on how the Council should prioritise its spending next year as part of its Big Budget Challenge.

Could you use some strategies to be able to feel good regardless of what is going on? Here are 3 steps you can take.

Mobile phone deals are now round the year affair. They come and go but leave a lasting impression on the mind of customers as they give lots of exciting free gifts such as brand laptops, gaming consoles, music players, bluetooth headsets and much.

National Australia Bank Group, owner of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank, has released full year results for its UK banking operations for the 12 months to 30 September 2010.

Over 100 local business people gathered at the Ayrshire Connections Exhibition at Ayr Racecourse last week to be part of the launch of the brand new Ayrshire & Arran brand.

Veracity has added two more sales and logistics staff and moved its US headquarters to Glen Rock, New Jersey following a significant growth in sales throughout North America this year.

Western House Hotel at Ayr Racecourse has received the prestigious Four Gold Star Award from VisitScotland.

Frazer Coogans Commercial Solicitors senior partner and Elite Ayrshire Business Circle executive chairman Norman Geddes has commented on the UK Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review announced last week.

JB Management Ltd, one of Scotland’s most prolific training providers, is the latest company to complete accession to membership of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle.

The Office Furniture Centre Ayrshire, opened its doors to a brand new office furniture showroom at 33-35 Ardrossan Road, Seamill, North Ayrshire

Veracity, the leader in connectivity and transmission solutions for IP Video, will be demonstrating its surveillance storage system COLDSTORE with full DVR integration at stand #2319 at ASIS International on October 12-15 in Dallas, Texas.

Professor Andy Miah of University of the West of Scotland’s School of Creative & Cultural Industries, which is based at the Ayr campus, has presented a proposal to create an independent Olympic community media network.

JB Management has secured Skills Development Scotland funding, and can now offer Ayrshire companies 16-19 year old Business and Administration assistants for 13 weeks under the Targeted Pathways to Apprenticeship programme.

South Ayrshire Council yesterday approved a £800,000 deal for the Gaiety Theatre in Ayr that will see the cafe/bar re-opening in the near future and the box office being reinstated to deal with bookings for the Council’s wide artistic programme.

Leading Scottish independent property consultancy CKD Galbraith has expanded its dedicated team of Agri-business consultants with new appointments in Ayr and Elgin.

QTS Group is to dispose of the assets and current contracts of its civil engineering external plant hire division, in order to focus on the continued expansion of its Rail Division, and concentrate on building its growing market south of the border.

Mobile phones come in many varieties. But the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab will blow all the other mobile phones away.

Veracity COLDSTORE digital surveillance storage system wins prestigious Detektor International ‘Innovative Achievement Award’ six months after launch for designing next generation storage solution specifically for the surveillance world

Ayr-based digital branding and marketing agency Paligap has just completed the rebranding and repositioning of the prestigious hospitality group Costley and Costley Hoteliers.

Leading independent Scottish property consultancy CKD Galbraith is offering for sale a fine detached house in a prime residential location in Doonfoot, the birthplace of Scotland‘s national poet, Robert Burns, near Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Scotland’s richest and most glamorous flat racing meeting - the William Hill (Ayr) Gold Cup Festival takes place at Ayr Racecourse from Thursday 16 September until Saturday 18 September.

Leading Scottish property consultants, CKD Galbraith today announced the expansion of its residential sales team within the well established Ayr office, following the recent amalgamation of Donalds Chartered Surveyors.

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond will be a special guest at the William Hill (Ayr) Gold Cup at Ayr Racecourse on Saturday 18 September.

An excellent grazing and arable farm with two houses, in an unspoilt rural situation in Ayrshire, Scotland is being offered for sale by CKD Galbraith.

The Elite Cambridge Business Circle is holding a symposium on “The Future of Sustainable Economic Development in Cambridgeshire” later this month.

South Ayrshire Council has made the shortlist for the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Service Awards 2010 in the Public/Private Partnership category.

Multi-award winning Ayr-based ARPL Architects Ltd have announced the completed refurbishment of artists’ studios on Irvine harbourside for WASPS Artists’ Studios, a charity providing affordable studios to rent around Scotland.