Enabling works to prepare an area of land for future redevelopment within Glasgow’s historic Meat Market site are underway. Part of the £1.13 billion Glasgow City Region City Deal that will see investment of £27 million channelled through the Collegelands, Calton Barras project – work currently underway on a section…
Reflections on Five Years of the City Deal With 2019 marking five years of the City Deal in operation, I wanted to reflect on how far we have come in that short time and how City Deal funding from the UK and Scottish Governments is already delivering social and economic…
Community benefits delivered under Glasgow City Council’s Sighthill Transformational Regeneration Area (TRA) has seen main site contractor Morgan Sindall, team up with training provider TIGERS to create a unique opportunity for young people to complete a 26 week training course within a live site environment. The Sighthill TRA is creating…
CodeClan first opened in Edinburgh in 2015; offering a solution to Scotland’s digital skills shortage by providing a continuous flow of job-ready developers via its intensive 16-week software development course. In order to replicate its successful operation in Glasgow, CodeClan set up in Tontine two years later after finding that…
Based in the Merchant City, Tontine supports and sustains the development of high-growth companies in the enabling technology, advanced design and manufacturing, and creative economy sectors. It attracts and nurtures high growth entrepreneurial talent and is host to many of Glasgow’s significant growth companies of the future, offering high-quality and…
Glasgow City Region and Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change is not something I’ve written about before. However, the recent announcement that Glasgow will next year host COP26 is a massive coup for the City Region and I was lucky enough to be involved in preparing our bid. It’s fitting that…
Director’s Update on recent developments at Glasgow City Region It really has been a busy few weeks. Last month the Annual Conversation meeting with Government took place to review the performance of our City Deal for the past financial year. This meeting provides an opportunity for our Government funders…
Glasgow City Region continues economic transformation This month (October 2019) the Glasgow City Region Cabinet considered further significant progress in work underway to transform the Regional economy, including in the delivery of the UK and Scottish Government funded £1.13 billion City Deal – one of the largest and most advanced…
Work to prepare the former Diageo distillery site at Port Dundas, close to the Forth and Clyde Canal is now complete, paving the way for widespread regeneration in North Glasgow that will see new homes built over the coming years. House-builders are expected to be on site at Dundashill early…
The use of cutting edge technology to transform Glasgow City Region over the next 15 years was at the heart of discussions at a major summit. Leaders and decision-makers from key utility providers and eight local authorities joined together to develop plans and discuss future developments, to ensure the economic…
