Glasgow City Council is to allocate £6.56 million of additional City Deal funding towards a new commercial space project in Dalmarnock, which will provide 40,000 square feet of flexible hybrid office, industrial, High Value Manufacturing (HVM) and R&D space. The space there is expected to be of great interest to…
Glasgow City Region has launched a further £20 million fund dedicated to expanding the amount of laboratory space and infrastructure across the Region. The funding is targeted at developers, site owners and consortiums which are seeking to deliver new or expanded specialist laboratory space (wet, dry, incubator or follow on).…
Four fintech companies have been awarded £50,000 each through the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL), funded by the Glasgow City Region Innovation Accelerator programme, following its latest Future of Wealth Innovation Call delivered by FinTech Scotland in partnership with SuperTech WM. The six-week programme concluded on 15 January with a…
Ambitious plans that will see 35 million trees planted by four Climate Forests, including the GCR Green Network’s Clyde Climate Forest, have been praised by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands. Across the Central Belt, Climate Forests including Clyde Climate Forest aim to plan millions of…
A new phase in the restoration of George Square, part of the wider Glasgow City Region Avenues programme, will kick off a big year in the transformation of Glasgow city centre. Work to extend the world-class look and feel of the new George Square to surrounding roads will begin next…
A new £5.9 million railway bridge in West Dunbartonshire has entered service, with the first trains crossing the bridge on 2 January 2026. The bridge was moved into position on Boxing Day, following the excavation of more than 80,000 tonnes of material. Engineers then case the bridge on location using…
Glasgow City Region has kicked off a procurement exercise which will dramatically boost the number of electric vehicle (EV) charge points across the Region’s eight council areas. The contract is the largest in Scotland and one of the largest of its type in the UK. This is the start of a…
Glasgow City Region has taken the biggest leap forward this year, more than any other. We have also ended 2025 on an enormous high, with vital progress on Devolution and exciting developments on our Clyde Mission and Local Innovation Partnership programmes. Our new Regional overview film showcases the scope…
Work on a £4 million Glasgow City Region City Deal road improvement on the A78 at Inverkip is complete. The project, which is the third major City Deal development to be delivered by Inverclyde Council, includes new signalised junctions at Main Street and Kip Marina and a T-junction at Brueacre…
Glasgow City Region leaders met today at the Queens Quay Energy Centre in Clydebank to launch a £25 million fund for projects that support and accelerate the transition from fossil fuel heating to low-carbon alternative heating systems. Focused on the river corridor as part of a £40 million Scottish…
