Business Infrastructure Projects
We invest in a range of business infrastructure projects to help to secure sustainable economic growth. Support is provided to projects which have the potential to have a high impact on economic growth through their contribution to the development of key sectors of the economy.
As a principle, we invest only where there is an industry demand that cannot be wholly provided by the private sector. This includes, for example, ongoing work at:
- Edinburgh BioQuarter to create one of the world’s leading locations for life sciences research and development and commercial activities; and
- Pacific Quay in Glasgow, part of the digital media quarter.
We also work with a range of stakeholders to identify key infrastructure issues for the economy, including issues around transport connectivity, and work alongside various industry groupings to develop new approaches to these issues.
Equally, we continue to participate in a range of national and regional scale regeneration projects and ensure the economic growth potential of these are fully realised. For example, we will continue to work with local authorities through the Clyde Gateway project to seize economic opportunities arising from the extension of the M74 and Glasgow hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2014.
Our new Business Plan 2008 – 2011 highlights how we will work with our partners across the private and public sectors to support industry and business growth to assist in building an internationally competitive business environment.