Islay’s StormCats to star with Martin Clunes in Islands of Britain
Lagavulin-based Islay boatbuilding business, StormCats, is to feature in an ITV 1 television series transmitting this November – Islands of Britain. It will share the limelight with Martin Clunes when...
View ArticleMcGrigor slams HBOS on Islay businesses left beached
If you were a business on the Isle of Islay, would you see the offer of access to a Call Centre in Edinburgh as an acceptable exchange of your local bank, with a manager to consult?Idiot question,...
View ArticleBank’s latest message to Islay: ‘amputees get used to it’
Yes, this headline is tasteless but it is the heart of the message Susan Rice, Managing Director of Lloyds Banking Group in Scotland, has sent to Gus Newman of Stormcats in Islay.The matter in question...
View ArticleNew custom cat from StormCats highlights Islay business drive
StormCats, the Islay boatbuilding business that is Scotland’s largest GRP (glass reinforced plastic) boatbuilder, has just got another custom built wave skimmer off the blocks, trialled and delivered...
View Article2010 Stormcats Islay Tope Fishing Festival
The weekend of the 21st and 22nd August sees the fifth Stormcats Islay Tope Fishing Festival. The competition on both days will be from Bowmore.The biggest fish caught to date in the festival is a 68lb...
View ArticleIslay’s Stormcats sends new Stormbreaker north
Argyll’s GRP boat builders, Stormcats, based in Islay and Scotland’s biggest, has just delivered yet another new model – the 710 Stormbreaker Tourer – northwards to its new owner.Stormbreaker, aka The...
View ArticleRecord results: the 2010 Stormcats Islay Tope Fishing Competition
The annual StormCats Islay Tope Fishing Competition took place on Lochindaal last weekend – in variable conditions.Over the 21st and 22nd August there were heavy swells to start each day but improving...
View ArticleIslay’s StormCats’ innovation recognised in 2010 Crown Estate Marine Business...
StormCats, the Islay boatbuilder whose name says everything about the sort of boats they build, was given The Crown Estate One to Watch for Excellence in a Marine Business Award 2010.The presentation...
View ArticleIleach notes cost of loss of Islay-Jura subsea cable
The latest edition of The Ileach reports a break in the subsea power cable between the islands of Islay and Jura.Power supplier Scottish and Southern is unable to set a date for repair to the cable...
View ArticleIslay Marine Centre announces a new Stormcats Tope Hunter
Islay Marine Centre, run by the ever innovative Gus Newman of Stormcats, has brought out a new version of its hardy staple, the Tope Hunter’.The new boat – pictured above – is a 5 metre fitted with a...
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