• More information on Bute's economy

RETAIL BUSINESSES

• Full range of retail businesses (including 3 national chain supermarkets)
• Many local speciality food producers: Taste of Bute; Ritchies Smoked Salmon; MacQueens Butchery

FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• Banks (4 national banks)
• Solicitors (2 firms) William Skelton & Co.; Hannay Fraser & Co.
• Architects (2 offices)
• Engineers
• Optician
• Veterinarian
• Accountants (two firms)
• Estate Agents / Property Bute Property Services (also: the above solicitors; and Bute Estate Office)

DETAILED BUSINESS DIRECTORIES

• Bute Business Directory
• See also: Click Here; Also here

BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE ON BUTE

• Attractive, modern Business Park
• Active Business Chamber (Bute Business Resources, Ltd.)
• Above-average-skilled labour pool
• Job Centre (On page 1, Step 1, scroll down and click on "All"; then click "Next"; On page 2 for "Name of Place" enter Rothesay, click "Next"; On page 3, click "Next")
• Broadband
• Computer and website specialist services
• Full range of trade contractors and suppliers (builders, joiners, slaters, plumbers, electricians, builders' merchants, etc)
• Ambitious £1.75m flood protection scheme for Rothesay town centre completed in October 2004
• State-of-the-art waste water treatment plant
• Enlightened re-cycling programme, More.
• Only Scottish Island on the gas mains supply grid
• Royal Mail delivery office
• Bute Estate Sawmill
• Local Quarry
• Boat builders/repairers (2)
• Franchised motor dealers / garages (4); many other repairers
• Several sizeable enterprises are presently located on Bute: Telecom Service Centre, Bute Fabrics, Flexitech, Ardmaleish Boatbuilding Co., Rothesay Creamery, Isle of Bute Foods, etc

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• Services of the Local Enterprise Company Argyll & Islands Enterprise
• Structure Plan (NOTE: large pdf file and can take some time to download)
• Local Plans
• Development Control
• Building Control
• Argyll & Bute Design Guide
• Is your property listed?
• Bute Beyond 2000
• Bute 2001 Census Data
  First choose your statistic topic from the Table; then, to 'Select Area' click on 'Inhabited Island', then click 'Bute'; then click 'View results'