Community welcomes support
THE building team at Inchmore, led by Marine Harvest construction manager Stephen McCaig, put time aside during their schedule to transform an old school building in the community. Angie Yair, of the West Glenmoriston Community Company, said locals had been trying for several years to make better use of the building. The plan was to turn part of the school into an affordable home and part into a hub, where residents could hold meetings and classes, and which would serve as a base for Care in the Community. Now, with funding and labour supplied by Marine Harvest, the project has been completed. McCaig’s subcontractors were deployed to see the project through, and Marine Harvest had ‘made it happen’, said Yair, a retired midwife and district nurse. The old school house will also be used as a resilience centre, with SSE pu ng in a generator that can be switched on during power cuts. Angie’s husband, Peter, said the community and Marine Harvest managed to work together by talking to each other – ‘they’ve been very good to us’, he said. Earlier, Marine Harvest freshwater manager John Richmond thanked the community for pu ng up with the commotion as the hatchery was being constructed. All this construction has been very noisy, disruptive and relentless for the past few years so I must thank our neighbours for their tolerance and understanding as we’ve been building the farm here. We are very nearly there we’ve still got a little bit to do- but I hope very soon to finish construction and return the glen to a more peaceful environment.’