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Glasgow City Region (GCR) has a modern service-based economy. It is Scotland’s only truly functioning metropolitan region and the 4th largest amongst the UK’s Core City Regions. In recent years, the GCR economy has thrived in many areas. At its heart are a series of innovation districts which are being set up to harness our world class education expertise.
The Region continues to grow its trade and reputation on a European and wider Global stage. This will continue even further when Glasgow hosts COP26 in November 2021. Its successes have been driven by numerous strengths. But the Region’s economy is also beset by a series of structural challenges, meaning that not everyone has shared its recent prosperity.
This document highlights some of the key strengths and weaknesses of the Regional economy. In doing so, it makes a series of comparisons with the UKs Core City Regions. These are similar cities – in terms of scale and economic history.