Our Work

Our Work

 
    Since 1995 Glasgow has enjoyed the fastest growth in jobs in the UK with more than 60,000 jobs created, resulting in 40,000 Glasgow residents finding employment. Many of these jobs have come from regeneration initiatives covering retail development, financial services, tourism and academia, as well as building both hard and virtual infrastructure.

    Building on the success of Clyde Waterfront, the Financial Services District, Pacific Quay and the Digital Media Campus and the Commonwealth Games bid.

    At the same time the extension of the M74 and the East End Regeneration Route will enable the development of the East of the City creating a new commercial gateway along the River Clyde.

    Despite these huge advances, Glasgow has, at 66%, considerably lower average employment rates than Scotland and the UK, a low level employment among ethnic minority groups at 56%; almost 60,000 residents of working age on some form of incapacity benefit, 5000 young people who are not in employment, education or training.

    The recession has placed further pressure on the employment rate, with an increase of around 10,000 people on Job Seekers Allowance. Assisting those people back into work has become an important new element of joining up local and national initiatives.

    Most activity is focussed on getting people into work, and relatively little on helping people get engaged in the first place, or on helping people stay and progress in work.  Moreover funding streams and services are still not sufficiently joined up to promote the flow of individuals into work.  Glasgow needs to use its existing resources better and to design delivery systems that promote more employment outcomes.