Archive for Govan

Govan facelift begins

November 8th, 2007

The first phase of Central Govan Action Plan costing £3.5 million, starts this month at Orkney Street.
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Sunny Govan 1st

November 8th, 2007

Sandy Graham has gained a First for himself and for Sunny Govan radio where he is a key volunteer.
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New era at Salvation Army

November 8th, 2007

Derek and Helen Tyrrell, the newly appointed Commanding Officers at the Govan Citadel of the Salvation Army, have great plans for Govan and its residents.
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Big pizza Govan

November 8th, 2007

Govan is a major marker on Lisa Tobias’s road to world success.
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Floored by funding

October 4th, 2007

Govan’s Pearce Institute (PI) has been granted £100,000 from the Big Lottery just as the floor of the McLeod Hall in the building was made to look like new by local specialist McKay of Harmony Square.
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Southern general closes three wards

October 4th, 2007

An outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea at the Southern General Hospital has closed three wards.
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Boost for Glasgow’s games bid

September 7th, 2007

Glasgow’s bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games has found an unlikely supporter in the shape of a Nigerian living in the Southside.
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PI faces funding crisis

September 6th, 2007

The Pearce Institute (PI) in Govan, which closed in November 2001 for almost two years because of financial problems, is facing a severe funding shortfall once again.
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Community buy-out

September 6th, 2007

For £1 million, community enterprise Govan Workspace Ltd has bought five and a half acres of former shipyard land in Holmfauld Road where they will create 130,000 square feet of quality office and industrial accommodation.
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BAE’s new apprentices

September 6th, 2007

BAE systems welcomed the next generation of Clyde shipbuilders to their Scotstoun yard in August when 88 new apprentices were inducted into their new careers.
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