A brand new course – funded by the Ayrshire Growth Deal - was launched on Monday to provide a unique opportunity for six unemployed people to be trained to the international welding standard. The IGNITE Welding Course, a transformative training initiative delivered in partnership with industry leaders J&D Pierce (Contracts) Ltd, has been funded through the Ayrshire Skills Investment Fund as part of the wider Ayrshire Growth Deal. This intensive program aims to tackle a skills

Work on restoring one of North Ayrshire’s most beautiful and iconic landmarks started this month. Glasgow-based CBC Stone are carrying out the £435,000 fabric improvements on Kilwinning Abbey, with work – which is weather-dependent – expected to take a number of months. The works will preserve its heritage - and enhance the experience for locals and tourists who visit and are essential to ensure its long-term conservation. These include building fabric repairs and improvement

Work has started this week on the demolition of the old fabric factory on Jamieson Road, Darvel. This is a specialist demolition project, due to asbestos found within the factory site, and it is anticipated that it will take 14 weeks to complete. Darvel Sports Centre, which sits adjacent to the site, will continue to run as normal throughout the demolition process. Once the demolition has been fully completed and the ground restored, the site will be subject to a Community As