However, government officials awarded the lease to South Ayrshire Stalking after it submitted the highest bid.
The biosphere covers parts of the East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway Council areas.
Five offers were considered and the highest offer from South Ayrshire Stalking was accepted.
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Chris Dalton, of South Ayrshire Stalking, said there were islanders who had wanted to work with the business.
Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has visited southern Scotland to celebrate Galloway and South Ayrshire's Unesco biosphere status.
He thanked Chris Dalton and South Ayrshire Stalking for their "understanding" in agreeing to withdraw from the contract.
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South Ayrshire Council was also advised by its officers that there were insufficient grounds to oppose the scheme.
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South Ayrshire Stalking bid for and won the lease from the Scottish government.
The Scottish government had been accused of acting like an absentee landlord after the lease was awarded to South Ayrshire Stalking.
They were: East Ayrshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire, Falkirk, Inverclyde, Clackmannanshire and the city of Dundee.
The Scottish government has approved plans for a 96-turbine wind farm on the border between Dumfries and Galloway and South Ayrshire.
Girvan-based South Ayrshire Stalking successfully bid for the Scottish government lease to shooting and fishing rights on the island off Skye.
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Prestwick Airport, in South Ayrshire, said it had informed staff and unions that a 90-day consultation period would begin on 16 August.
The cash from the Scottish Government and the HLF is not enough, even with a commitment in land from South Ayrshire Council.
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South Ayrshire Council gives its heads most control, at more than 90%.
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Following a public and political row, South Ayrshire Stalking gave up its claim to the lease and Raasay Crofters' Association was awarded an extension.
Only Clackmannanshire, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and South Ayrshire local authority areas have shown increases in average property prices compared with the previous year.
He added that the decision to award the contract to South Ayrshire Stalking, after a competitive bidding process, had been made by officials without ministerial involvement.
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The museum will be built in the car park of the current Tam O'Shanter Experience, a visitor centre owned by South Ayrshire Council close to the historic cottage.
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She met with representatives from the National Trust for Scotland on Thursday and will meet South Ayrshire Council on Monday as part of efforts to find a long-term solution for the park.
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David Anderson, chief executive of South Ayrshire Council, who chaired the judging panel, said it was a record-breaking year for entries and it had been difficult to chose three finalists, "never mind choosing the final winner".
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BurnsScotland is a partnership agreement between the university, the National Library of Scotland, the National Galleries of Scotland, Glasgow Life, the National Museums of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway Museums, East Ayrshire Museums and South Ayrshire Museums.
About 15 locations in six local authorities areas - Fife, Glasgow City, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian - were considered for a relocation of up to 200 jobs.
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It will now be rolled out in South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, South East Glasgow, West Edinburgh, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire.
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