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PERTH CITY REGION:


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Perth enjoys a beautiful setting in the heart of Scotland and is home to several corporate headquarters, including energy giant SSE, A including energy giant SSE, A viva, Stagecoach and Highland Spring. It also enjoys a strategic location, within an hour’ ’s drive of seven of the UK’s top r esear ch universities, and the city itself is home to the largest campus of the University of the


s drive of seven of ’s top r


INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS TRAVEL TIMES


AT


108 mins 25 mins


108 mins 25 mins 20 mins 55 mins


99 mins 21 mins


55 mins 45 mins 136 mins


105 mins


136 mins 58 mins 65 mins


120 mins 59 mins


W ith significant str Highlands & Islands.


engths in tourism,


nvestment opportunities and the city’ s workforce boasts one of the highest concentrations of graduates across Scotland’s seven cities.


clean technology and food and drink – the city is home to Scotland’ s national Food and Drink Park – all supported by the Council’s tailored “open for business” approach, the Perth City Region is also primed for significant international iinvestment opportunities and the city’


s


This is a great place to live as well as work for all ages; with mor e places to eat and drink per head of population than any other Scottish city. Surrounding Perthshir is also the UK’s leading destination for adventure tourism.


ounding Perthshir e


WHERE BUSINESS IS DEVELOPING


PERTH IS A DYNAMIC SMALL EUROPEAN CITY WITH A PROJECTED POPULATION INCREASE OF 25% BY 2030, WHICH MAKES IT ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN SCOTLAND.


Quality of life, coupled with its position at the heart of Scotland’


the obvious place for business r and investment.


PERTH CITY P Y PLAN


A number of key city development projects will sustain and build the regional economy over the next 20 years, and these ar


20 years, and these are set out in the Perth City Plan. They include t of the River Tay T


waterfront as a leisur e Activity Centre and


the development of the River T ont as a leisure and tourism


destination, with river taxis, pontoons, a City Centre Activity Centr


riverside kiosk opportunities. This is to be complemented by impr


be complemented by impr


Over the next five years, mor e than £50m is to be invested to support the city’ s cultural and leisur


s cultural and leisur e facilities,


including the completion of the PH20 oject, which will cr


experience and a dynamic mix of mor p oject, which will crr


experience and a dynamic mix of mor eate a unique


than 20 sports and leisur operty r


operty r ecently tabled its plans for the £30m Mill Quarter e


than 20 sports and leisure opportunities. E esso Prxpr


the public realm in the heart of the city Over the next five years, mor


in the heart of the city. y. ovements to


position at the heart of Scotland’ s oad r and rail networks, means that this is the obvious place for business relocation


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