The Smart and Connected Social Places Innovation Fund is now open for applications, offering grants from £10,000 to £100,000 to support projects focused on 5G and advanced wireless technologies in Glasgow City Region. Visit the SCSP Innovation Fund page for full details on eligibility, how to apply, and deadlines. The Smart and Connected Social…
The formal opening of the Govan – Partick Bridge will take place on Friday, 6 September. The bridge will be opened by ministers from the Scottish and UK Governments, the Leader of Glasgow City Council and local school children. The £29.5 million Glasgow City Region City Deal project – funded…
A new report published today sets out progress in the Region’s £1.13 billion City Deal and on various ambitious initiatives underway collectively by the eight local councils to drive economic growth, boost growing areas of the economy – particularly the Region’s booming Innovation sector – and support skills and jobs.…
“It was a rare opportunity to celebrate all that is special about this place, to remind people of the rich industrial heritage, of the globally recognised engineering and construction expertise that occurred on both banks of the Clyde” – Tony Kettle, Kettle Collective. From a striking glass façade in Reykjavik…
The first opening road bridge across the River Clyde is a step closer to completion as the final section of the Renfrew Bridge has arrived in Renfrewshire. The north section of the 184-metre cable-stayed twin-leaf bridge has arrived on the River Clyde and will now be installed into place by…
Unbelievably, we are a few months away from the ten-year anniversary in August of the City Deal being signed by the UK and Scottish Governments, the first Deal in Scotland and still one of the largest and most advanced in the UK. As we move towards the conclusion of our…
A consultation event to be held at The Briggait arts centre on Wednesday, 15 May, will give those coming along the chance to find out more about two of the Avenue projects coming to Glasgow city centre – the Broomielaw and Clyde Street Avenues. This drop-in event, which will take…
Work to create the next Avenue in Glasgow city centre – the £5.827million Argyle Street West Avenue – will begin on Monday, 13 May. This Avenue will stretch from under the Kingston Bridge to the junction between Argyle Street, Jamaica Street and Union Street. It will bring significant improvement to…
The first opening road bridge across the River Clyde has been hailed as ‘a gamechanger’ as politicians visited the site in Renfrewshire on 3 May 2024. The new bridge is part of the £117 million Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside project, being led by Renfrewshire Council and funded as part…
The Wyllieum, a new space dedicated to the work and legacy of one of Scotland’s most beloved and well-known artists, George Wyllie (b. Glasgow, 1921) opens this Spring in Greenock’s Ocean Terminal visitor centre. It is the first new purpose built museum and gallery to open in Scotland since 2018.…
