Apprentice joiner Nicholas Young joined R.J. McLeod as an apprentice in 2018 after writing to the site manager of the City Deal funded White Cart Flood Prevention Scheme site. He has since been involved with further flood mitigation work across Glasgow, and will complete his apprenticeship this year to become…
More than 250 local residents are benefitting from a range of employment, skills and training opportunities delivered through Glasgow City Region City Deal contracts. The Region’s latest Quarterly Performance Report shows that City Deal contractors have committed to more than 70 apprenticeship positions and 170 new entrant positions, the majority…
The latest contract pipeline for the £1 billion City Deal infrastructure programme includes more than £290 million of upcoming contract opportunities. The document, which features tier one contracts from across the Region’s eight partner councils, lists 35 City Deal infrastructure contracts coming up in the next five years. Councillor Susan…
People are being invited to help shape plans to boost business in Bishopbriggs. Views are sought on a potential Business Incubation Centre in the town – part of the Council’s £34.88 million City Deal Place and Growth Programme for the area. The aim is to examine options to provide affordable,…
A four-week public engagement process on the future design of George Square – Glasgow’s principal civic, ceremonial and cultural space – and the surrounding Avenues begins today, 11 February. The online engagement will consider the design of Block C of Glasgow City Council’s ambitious Avenues Programme – funded by the…
In my last blog, I talked about the Region’s progress and achievements during 2021, culminating in the launch event in December of our new Regional Economic Strategy. Looking to this year, we will continue to build on this momentum, and in fact only a matter of weeks into 2022 there…
Glasgow City Region has successfully secured £50,000 in grant funding from Transport Scotland through the Scottish Futures Trust to explore electric vehicle charging infrastructure requirements across the Region. The study will assess current charging provision and the need for further infrastructure to facilitate the transition to electric vehicles. The Scottish…
Options that seek to make transport in Scotland more sustainable and support people to make better, more informed choices on how they travel have been set out in the Scottish Government’s blueprint for future transport investment, with mass transit plans for the Glasgow City Region badged as Clyde Metro, one…
Work on a new transport interchange at Motherwell railway station will start early next year. Approval has been given by Glasgow City Region City Deal for the £2 million project, and North Lanarkshire Council has appointed Balfour Beatty Ltd to carry out the work. The project on Muir Street will…
A forthcoming project that will better manage flood risk and improve greenspace in Cardonald has recently won the esteemed Building with Nature National Award at the Landscape Institute Awards 2021. The joint project between Southside Housing Association and Glasgow City Council through the City Deal backed Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage…
