November 1, 2007
Island trust buys filling station
Sleat Community Trust in the south of Skye has secured funding to purchase the local filling station, shop, vehicle repair workshop and a house.
An island community has secured the funding it needed to buy a filling station, shop, vehicle repair workshop and a house.
Sleat Community Trust in the south of Skye has been awarded £280,000 from the Big Lottery Fund and £42,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
The Skye Ferry Filling Station was managed for almost 40 years by Donnie and Colleen MacKinnon.
They placed the business on the market following their retirement.
The filling station is close to where cars come off the Armadale ferry.