252 September 2015 - Gryffe Advertizer
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www.advertizer.co.uk september <strong>2015</strong><br />
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Fri 02 October<br />
An Evening of Fashion with Gloria’s<br />
Fashions<br />
St Columba Church Hall. Kilmacolm 7.30pm<br />
Sale of clothes, handbags and accessories Credit cards<br />
will be accepted Call 01505 872324. £10.<br />
Sat 03 October<br />
Flu Vaccination Clinics<br />
Houston Doctors Surgery, Kirk Road,<br />
Houston, PA6 7AR 9am to 11.30am<br />
Eligible patients registered are welcome to come along<br />
for their flu jab. No need for an appointment - just come<br />
along with your sleeve rolled up!<br />
Fashion Show<br />
St Machar’s Church, Kilbarchan Rd, Bridge<br />
of Weir<br />
We would be delighted if you could join us. Contact<br />
Francesca Rossi for tickets on 01505 873888.<br />
Proposal Closure of<br />
RBS Kilmacolm<br />
There are plans from<br />
The Royal Bank of<br />
Scotland to close the<br />
Kilmacolm Branch in<br />
November of this year.<br />
While I am disappointed<br />
to hear this news, I felt<br />
it important to hear<br />
residents views on<br />
the proposed closure.<br />
I therefore launched<br />
a residents survey in<br />
Kilmacolm and I hope<br />
to be able to release<br />
the results shortly.<br />
If you live in Kilmacolm and did not receive a<br />
survey but wish to take part, please contact<br />
my office on 0141 885 2076 and my staff will<br />
arrange for one to be sent to you.<br />
It is important that locals are consulted on such<br />
issues, and I look forward to sharing the results<br />
with you and RBS in due course.<br />
Roads<br />
I have recently been receiving a number of<br />
complaints from constituents on a range of<br />
roads issues in Renfrewshire North & West.<br />
While as Transport Minister I have responsibility<br />
over motorways and trunk roads, local roads are<br />
under the remit of local government, whether it<br />
be Inverclyde or Renfrewshire Council. However,<br />
as MSP I have been raising individual issues<br />
with the Council as they are reported to me by<br />
constituents, and I am happy to continue to do<br />
so.<br />
Surgeries<br />
I hold surgeries in Kilmacolm, Bridge of Weir,<br />
Erskine and Bishopton on the first Friday of<br />
every month, except January. For except timing<br />
and locations please call my office or check my<br />
website. As well as holding these traditional face<br />
to face advice surgeries, I also hold telephone<br />
surgeries on Monday mornings between<br />
10am and 11am (except for public holidays).<br />
Constituents can call me at my constituency<br />
office on 0141 885 2076 to discuss any issues<br />
that they have. I can also be contacted by e-mail<br />
at derek.mackay.msp@scottish.parliament.uk.<br />
Website<br />
My website recently received a revamp. To<br />
keep up-to-date with my latest news as your<br />
MSP, details on my surgeries or other local<br />
information please feel free to take a look www.<br />
derekmackaymsp.org<br />
As the Scottish Parliament enters its final year of the fourth session, I have been honoured<br />
to serve the people of Renfrewshire and West Scotland. With the Independence referendum<br />
and the General Election within the last year it has been a busy time and I continue to look<br />
ahead to the future and to represent the people of Renfrewshire North & West.<br />
Over the summer recess, my team and I have delivered over 11,000 Parliamentary Surveys<br />
to local residents and I have received a great response so far. One of the most pressing<br />
issues returned in my survey is road and paths maintenance and access to transport.<br />
Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and all local authorities are under severe financial constraints<br />
imposed by the Scottish Government. We need a national discussion to best identify how<br />
we can adequately fund public services and ensure our local environments and roads are<br />
maintained and protected.<br />
Access to local public transport is a problem for the many towns and villages in<br />
Renfrewshire, particularly in Bridge of Weir, Houston and Kilmacolm. My colleague in<br />
the Scottish Parliament Iain Gray MSP has lodged a Bill to improve bus services across<br />
Scotland; unfortunately this has received no support from the Scottish Government and is unlikely to be passed<br />
in to law.<br />
My monthly advice surgeries continue to take place on the first Friday of each month, excluding January. In<br />
<strong>September</strong>, I will be in Bridge of Weir at The Bridge from 1pm to help you with any local issues. If you can’t attend<br />
any of my surgeries, please call my office on 0141 889 4828 to arrange a home visit. Full details of my surgeries<br />
are on my website www.maryfeemsp.com
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