Consilium Contracting Services: keeping it local

With hometown pride driving them forward, Consilium Contracting Services are not only proud to sponsor St Mirren, but show what a local company can do  It’s every football fan’s dream to see their name on the back of their team’s shirt. However, this only happens for a very finite quantity of any club’s support... Read More

Paisley Halloween Festival 2025

Paisley Halloween Festival 2025 will return to town next month to celebrate the spooky season with a packed programme of frightful fun for all the family The free to attend festival, which brings thousands of people to the town centre, will take place on Friday 24 October from 4pm – 9pm and Saturday 25... Read More

Gallowhill sees work underway to deliver new council housing

Work has started on the construction of 65 new council houses in Gallowhill as part of Renfrewshire Council’s large-scale housing regeneration programme The £13.7million development is being built on a vacant site off Montgomery Road and will consist of a mix of property types and sizes including cottage flats with direct access and garden... Read More

Ability Care Services: trusted home care provider

For the past 21 years, Ability Care Services have been a trusted Home Care Provider. Here’s how they could help your family through support and compassion.  Finding the time to care for our loved ones can be challenging. That’s where Ability Care’s at home service steps in. Dedicated to providing compassionate, professional, and personalised... Read More

Blend Coffee Lounge returns to Paisley

Blend Coffee Lounge is back at a new home in the Paisley Arts Centre, but the ethos remains the same If you speak to Alan Baird of Blend Coffee Lounge, there are a few common threads that will emerge in any conversation about the business. One thing that’ll strike you immediately is that it... Read More

Rise & Grind Roastery Paisley

Fresh, local, and direct from the source – now available in Renfrewshire, owner Sam Faheem talks us through Rise & Grind Roastery At Rise & Grind Roastery, every cup tells a story. Since launching in 2022, we’ve been committed to sourcing coffee the right way — by building direct, lasting relationships with the farmers... Read More

AK Vehicle Rental: the family behind Paisley’s van empire

Claire Elliot reveals an inspiring story of humour, heart, and heavy lifting when she visited AK Vehicle Rental In a town such as Paisley, where community ties run as deep as the area’s rich history, companies like AK Vehicle Rental stand as more than just a business  – it’s a family saga written in... Read More

Connected Chiropractic: keeping people moving

Katie Graham at Connected Chiropractic talks about her business and forever relishing the help and support she and her team can give to their patients  Living with discomfort that affects your daily movement and activity can be challenging. When traditional approaches may not have provided the outcome you seek, exploring evidence-based care options becomes... Read More

The Christopher Priest Collection at Abbey Books Paisley

Every book collection tells a story, and none more so than that of Christopher Priest, as Brian Hannan of Abbey Books has discovered It’s taken us the best part of a year to open all the 50 boxes containing about 2,000 books that were donated by the widow of novelist Christopher Priest who lived... Read More

Light ASMR Massage: a new form of relaxation

We take a look at Light ASMR Massage, an innovative new form of relaxation and wellbeing available in Paisley If you’ve been on the internet anytime in the past five years, you likely have a fleeting awareness of the concept of ASMR. An abbreviation which stands for autonomous sensory meridian response, there are a... Read More