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Ayrshire and Rural Islands Ambition Funds

NACBS has recently completed projects funded by North Ayrshire Council. Ayrshire and Rural Islands Ambition Fund – The ARIA grant allowed the inn to turn the unused dining room into a combined event space/restaurant and renovate 2 staff bedroo…

North Arran Community Benefit Society is hiring a Community Engagement Officer!

February 4, 2025

NACBS is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Community Engagement Officer to join our team for 1 year. During this year, the Community Engagement Officer will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and strengthening relationships bet…

November Newsletter – 6th November

November 7, 2023

A lot has changed in Lochranza Country Inn since our last update. Our new general management team, Mark and Linda, have arrived. We would like to warmly thank our temporary manager, Bruce, who left for pastures new at the end of September. Bruce kep…

June Newsletter – 30th June

NACBS have refocused our efforts to support the Lochranza County Inn (LCI) team. This is to ensure that new management is found to replace the imminent departure of Craig and Heather who will leave in mid July for opportunities elsewhere on the isla…

21/6/23 – Craig and Heather Wood Resign

It is with regret that NACBS must announce the resignation of Craig and Heather Wood from the Lochranza Country Inn (LCI). For those familiar with the Inn you will know that the realities of upgrading the building, opening the public bar and…

May Newsletter – 9th May 2023

Some of you will have seen that the opening date for the Lochranza Country Inn (LCI) was not achieved. In planning the opening, sadly it was not the obvious things that have caught us out it was the less obvious. Equipment attrition has been…

April Newsletter – April 25th 2023

The North Arran Community Benefit Society (NACBS) are pleased to report significant progress with the Community Inn. As we move forward to a phased reopening, the recently formed Lochranza Country Inn Ltd (LCI) board are taking over the operational…

NACBS Notice of General Meeting 20th March

February 26, 2023

NACBS General Meeting at 6.00pm on Monday 20th March, 2023 at the Lochranza and Catacol Village Hall All members are cordially invited to attend the first General Meeting of NACBS Ltd. The agenda for the meeting will be: Agenda W…

Moving Forward

January 13, 2023

Now we are through the festive season, we would like to provide an update on progress to date. Since getting the keys to the hotel in December, the steering committee have been working very hard towards reopening the establishment as soon as possibl…

31 December – Correction for cheque payments

December 31, 2022

Hi all, our bank has informed us that they are unable to accept cheques written out to NACBS as payee and have to be written in full i.e.: North Arran Community Benefit Society Ltd. We are in process of trying to change the website accordingly but t…