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С��Ƭapp and Bute Council today set a budget to address a £10 million+ gap in the council’s revenue budget for running services, and a nearly £30 million gap in its capital budget for infrastructure such as roads reconstruction С��Ƭapps, harbour investment, regeneration projects, bridge maintenance, maintaining social care, education and Live С��Ƭapp properties, and weather recovery work.

Highlighting procurement opportunities for local businesses and encouraging them to bid for tenders is a key part of С��Ƭapp and Bute Council’s revised Procurement Strategy.

The council is to appoint a new Housing Project Officer to help tackle the housing emergency affecting communities across С��Ƭapp and Bute.

“Councils can only spend what we can fund. We have to make choices that deliver the most benefit possible from the limited funding we have. Setting the council’s budget will be as simple and as complex as that.”

Fifteen arts, culture, and sports events will benefit from around £115,000 of support from the latest round of С��Ƭapp and Bute Council’s Strategic Events and Festivals Fund (SEF).

A new council partnership project with Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), to assess the quality of the digital signal across the region, will be launched as part of С��Ƭapp to improve mobile phone coverage across С��Ƭapp and Bute.

Tackling the threat of climate change and protecting local communities and services will remain a key priority for the council in the year ahead.

Projects in coastal communities across С��Ƭapp and Bute are set to benefit from new funding.

More opportunities to walk, cycle and wheel along Campbeltown Esplanade and Kinloch Park, is the aim of a proposed active travel route for the town centre.

“Council services need funding. The harsh reality is that С��Ƭapp and Bute is facing a budget gap of more than £10 million next year alone.”