A £1.13bn jobs and infrastructure programme took a major step forward today as the Glasgow City Region agreed to develop a manifesto for economic development and growth. Leaders of the eight local authorities in the region also agreed to take on responsibility for focusing on new priority areas of work…
Three council leaders have teamed up to look at the possible locations for the new opening bridge across the Clyde from Renfrew to Yoker or Clydebank. The Leaders of West Dunbartonshire, Glasgow City and Renfrewshire Councils teamed up to view potential locations. They believe that the bridge will bring ‘significant…
The Glasgow and the Clyde Valley City Deal Cabinet has approved the first stage of funding for £918million worth of infrastructure projects in the area. These particular projects will be located in six of the eight local authority boundaries participating in the City Deal: East Renfrewshire Council, Glasgow City Council,…
The council’s Regeneration and the Economy Committee considered the six draft strategic business cases developed for these Glasgow projects, which include regeneration work in the city centre; Sighthill and the canal area; in Collegelands, Calton and the Barras; on the Clyde waterfront and the West End; supporting growing businesses; and…
The meeting will confirm the appointment of two major figures from Glasgow’s business and academic sectors to bodies associated with the City Deal: Lord Haughey, economist and philanthropist, and Professor Anton Muscatelli, economist and Principal of the University of Glasgow. Lord Haughey, will be appointed Chair of the Glasgow and…
A new centre of innovation – The Tontine – which will inject £53.6million into the economy of the Glasgow city region, was opened today (18 May). This is the first Glasgow City Region City Deal project to be completed in the city. The building was opened by Councillor Frank McAveety,…
The Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal Cabinet has agreed two substantial new steps towards the closer integration of the eight councils in the region. Councillors have agreed to rebrand the £1.13bn programme as the Glasgow City Region City Deal. The cabinet has also agreed to build on the success…
The Glasgow City Region City Deal Cabinet today approved £3.17million of funding towards the next stage of the delivery of the £46million Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Plan (MGSDP), the creation of its full business case. The MGSDP – seen as an exemplar project in and beyond the UK through its…
The £1.13billion Glasgow City Region City Deal will not only deliver tens of thousands of jobs and massive infrastructural improvements over the next few decades, but also continue the city-region’s rise as a leader in innovative industries such as life sciences, advanced design and manufacturing and new technologies. A key…
A scheme to build a tram-train link is one of two options being put forward for a new connection between Glasgow city centre, Paisley and Glasgow Airport as the flagship project in the £1.13bn Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal. Tram-train carriages would operate on the heavy rail network between…
