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“We were delighted to have met Sanjeev Gupta and his team from the GFG Alliance yesterday and to learn of their plans to give the smelter security. We were able to have an initial discussion on our aspirations for the land and look forward to a productive relationship, which we will take forward in the … Read more

The Chair of the East Lochaber and Laggan Community Trust, John Hutchison, said; “We are delighted that the jobs and the future of the smelter are now secure. We have been in touch with Rio Tinto throughout and we will be meeting with them and Liberty/SIMEC in the very near future to discuss our proposals.”

As intimated last week, we had a very good initial meeting with GFG Alliance on Thursday 24th November and we will be meeting again in the New Year. During December we will be pressing forward with developing our business case, with a view to holding public meetings during week commencing 9th January, to allow us … Read more

News; we seem to thirst for news. On a common journey like this one folk want to know what progress is being made, which is fair enough but translating what steps are being taken into a news story can be difficult. It certainly won’t sound exciting in a web post and doesn’t create a talking … Read more

The Trust, which only started recruiting in mid-July, now has over 1,000 members and growing! We name our 1,000th member as Dougie Pryce from Inverlochy, who works at Nevis Cycles in the Village. When phoned by Trust Chair, John Hutchison, Dougie said, ”My family has lived here for generations and some have worked at the … Read more

We’ll have a stand at the Lochaber Agricultural Show on Saturday 27th August to let us speak about our ideas and hear your views. We look forward seeing you there!

We have now had a series of community meetings, partly as information but also to test our proposed approach to business and project ideas. Apart from being an essential step for us, the meetings proved very worthwhile for discussion, suggestions, sharing anxieties and exploring ideas. All of this will now allow us to improve our … Read more

There has been good discussion and feedback on project plans and ideas at community meetings over the past two weeks and, following attendance at the Laggan Community Development Trust Ltd AGM on Monday 22nd August, we will review these plans and consider our next steps. Membership continues to grow and is now well over 800. … Read more

The community meetings in Fort William, Kinlochleven and Caol this week have all proven successful with sound comments on our emerging proposals and folk have raised new ideas. On Thursday 11 August we will be holding a meeting in Kilmallie Community Centre in Corpach. During w/c 15August we will be holding the following meetings: Monday … Read more

We will be holding further community meetings as below, with the dual purpose of letting folk know about the setting up of the Trust and hearing your views on some of the emerging project and development ideas. Please come along, bring your ideas and give your opinion. All meetings will be at 7pm. Mon 8th … Read more