‘Clydebuilt’

The Clyde Waterfront Strategic Partnership comprises the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow City, Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire Councils. It aims to facilitate and promote the Clyde’s regeneration from Glasgow city centre, via Renfrew to Dumbarton. Over £3.5bn has been spent or committed since 2003 by the public & private sectors across over 250 projects in the area, 20,000 new jobs, 9,000 new homes and 320,000m of new commercial space has been created. Clyde Waterfront’s economy is now far more diverse than ever before, with several centres of excellence, for example:

Financial services
Glasgow’s award winning International Financial Services District (IFSD) has attracted +£1bn of investment to date via global companies like Aon, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Santander, creating 15,000 new jobs since 2001. New occupiers, 1m ft² of new Grade A offices, the Tradeston “Squiggly” bridge and exciting leisure plans for the Broomielaw quayside, all help to add fresh impetus.

Creative industries
Pacific Quay & SECC is now being marketed to the creative sector as Creative Clyde. BBC Scotland and STV are based here and over 50 creative SMEs now occupy new or refurbished space in The Hub and Film City Glasgow. A ‘floating village’ is in early development and opposite the new 12,500 seat Scottish Hydro Arena opens in 2013, reinforcing its credentials as a world class entertainment and conferencing venue.

Shipbuilding
The next six to eight years, will see 4,000 highly skilled workers at BAE’s two shipyards in Govan and Scotstoun complete six Type 45 Destroyers and build key sections of the two 65,000t Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers.

Medical science
The £842m re-development of the NHS Southern General, expanding its maternity hospital and building two new hospitals, will create Europe’s largest medical campus, employing thousands and able to treat 725,000 patients per annum.

Leisure
The newly opened £74m Riverside Museum designed by Zaha Hadid, hopes to attract 750,000 visitors a year and will compliment other major Clyde attractions such as the Glasgow Science Centre, the Tall Ship, Xscape and the Titan Crane.

Retail
Clyde Waterfront has some fantastic retail destinations. Braehead near Renfrew, already Scotland’s busiest shopping centre, is due a £150m expansion. Glasgow’s Buchanan Street was voted the UK’s best shopping street and the recent £100m refurbishment of the St Enoch’s Centre, boasts the largest Hamleys outside London.

Housing
Over 9,000 new homes have been built since 2003 along the Clyde, such as the award winning £1.2bn Glasgow Harbour development which has further shops, restaurants and hotels planned. At Ferry Village near Braehead, six developers are building a range of 2,000 apartments and detached homes, by Clyde View Park.

Education
Our free on line resource (www.clydewaterfronteducation.com) offers teachers 200 lesson plans that link 12 Clyde themes with eight subjects as per Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence. These lesson plans are reinforced for school’s when they attend Clyde Marine Services “Classroom on the Clyde” river boat trips.

Tourism
We have produced 150,000 Heritage Guides to attract the public to the river (www.clydewaterfrontheritage.com) and in 2011 Clyde Link and Clyde Clippers started three new upper Clyde ferry services, along side other river operators like Seaforce RIBs, Loch Lomond Seaplanes and the Waverley Paddle Steamer.

Clyde Waterfront is making the most of its skilled workforce, cost competitive location, excellent communications and new infrastructure to develop a vibrant waterfront offering many commercial, retail and residential opportunities.

Clyde Waterfront, Atrium Court, 50 Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 6H
Tel: +44 (0) 141 229 5420; www.clydewaterfront.com/er