10 . Glasgow Business February 2017
Avengers head to Glasgow Marvel mega-blockbuster expected to boost the Scottish economy by £10m
The filming of the new Avengers movie, which will be shot in a range of locations across Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Highlands, will boost the Scottish economy by around £10 million, it has been said. The latest instalment of the Marvel series,
Infinity War, will begin filming at the end of February and will see stars Robert Downey Jr,
Samuel L Jackson and Scarlett Johansson make their way to Glasgow to shoot. It marks another blockbuster film to grace
the city of Glasgow, after Brad Pitt’s zombie movie, World War Z, filmed scenes in famous Glasgow streets with George Square among them. Bringing in almost £3 million, the movie was shot across 17 days during 2011.
However, Infinity War is likely to bring about a much bigger financial boost as filming is expected to take around six months. It is evident that Glasgow has an
impressive track record of delivering big budget projects, and the city has a strong, long-standing relationship with the film industry.
Digital
Thousands more Glasgow homes and businesses ready for superfast broadband
T
he £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband roll-out has reached another 39,000
households and businesses across Scotland. In Glasgow, the current Digital
Scotland roll-out has now been completed in Ibrox, while more cabinets have gone live extending coverage in Garnethill, Govan, Pollok, Langside and Maryhill. Tis means around 62,000 homes and businesses in Glasgow are connected to fibre broadband thanks to Digital Scotland. Te latest progress means
more than 660,000 premises are now passed by the Digital Scotland partnership, which is led by the Scotish Government and Highlands and Islands Enterprise in their region. BT is investing £126 million
in the projects with Openreach, its local network division, delivering on the ground. Other funding partners include the UK Government through Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), local authorities and the European Regional Development Fund. Te independent Tink
Broadband website shows that
broadband speed of 30Mbps or above. Fibre broadband offers fast
and reliable broadband connections at speeds of up to 80Mbps and there are many suppliers in the marketplace to choose from. It enables multiple users to connect to the internet at high speeds and get beter access to online services as well as faster uploads and downloads. Te Digital Scotland Superfast
nearly 87 per cent of Scotish premises can now access a
Broadband programme underpins the Scotish Government’s aim for Scotland to become a world-class digital nation by 2020.
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