Private bus companies set to go head-to-head with Renfrewshire Council
Hundreds of jobs will be axed if private bus companies are driven out of Paisley.
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Renfrewshire celebrates first Fairtrade birthday
Renfrewshire is celebrating its first birthday as a Fairtrade county. The campaign to make the whole area an official Fairtrade zone got the go ahead this week in 2009 and to mark the occasion the Renfrewshire Fairtrade Steering Group, who ran the campaign, celebrated with a special Fairtrade birthday cake.
Council chiefs plan to get Paisley thriving again
Take a stroll down Paisley’s High Street and the difficulties facing the town are clear for all to see.
Closed and boarded-up shops, a rash of ‘To Let’ signs and the growing number of discount stores all make for depressing viewing on what was once the jewel in Renfrewshire’s retail crown.
Council’s planning boss retires after 20 years
You may not recognise his name or his face but, if you live or work in Paisley, you can be sure that Crawford Russell has had an impact on your life.
Goldie attacks council budget
WEST of Scotland MSP Annabel Goldie has criticised the council’s spending plans on education.
The Scottish Conservative leader, who lives in Bishopton, claims the council’s budget puts ideology before the best interests of pupils.
Paisley cigarette selling shopkeeper fined £2,000
A Paisley shopkeeper has been hit with a record fine for selling cigarettes to a minor.
Shakti Gindha, who owns the Shop Stop on Barscube Terrace, was fined £2,000 for selling a 15-year-old girl a a packet of 10 Mayfair during an undercover operation mounted by Renfrewshire Council.
1500 apply for 93 jobs at new city Tesco
A new supermarket opening in one of Glasgow busiest streets have had over 1500 applications form people hoping to work there.
But Tesco only have 93 positions available.
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Schools projects add up to £40 million for builder
A Paisley building firm has got its sums right by focusing on school work.
Clark Contracts has announced new contracts which will bring the total worth of its classroom-based projects to almost £40 million since 2005.
Clyde ferry route to end in March
The Renfrew to Yoker ferry across the River Clyde, west of Glasgow, will end in March as part of cash savings.
Councillors on Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) voted to withdraw the service as part of wider moves to save £2.5m from next year’s budget.
School buses axed
The safety of hundreds of school pupils will be put at risk as changes are to be made to the secondary school transport scheme, it has been warned.
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