PERTH IS THE PLACE:
180
TRAVEL TIMES FROM PERTH
ABERDEEN DUNDEE
DUNDEE AIRPORT EDINBURGH
108 mins 99 mins 25 mins 21 mins 20 mins
55 mins 105 mins
EDINBURGH AIRPORT 45 mins INVERNESS GLASGOW
GLASGOW AIRPORT
136 mins 120 mins 58 mins 59 mins 65 mins
SCOTLAND’S TWO MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS ARE BOTH EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD, PROVIDING CONNECTIONS TO THE REST OF THE UK AND MORE THAN
INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS
Perth enjoys a beautiful setting in the heart of Scotland and is home to several corporate headquarters, including energy giant SSE, Aviva, Stagecoach and Highland Spring. It also enjoys a strategic location, within an hour’s drive of seven of the UK’s top research universities, and the city itself is home to the largest campus of the University of the Highlands & Islands. With signifi cant strengths in tourism, 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 signifi cant international investment opportunities and the city’s workforce boasts one of the highest concentrations of graduates across Scotland’s seven cities. This is a great place to live as well as work for all ages; with more places to eat and drink per head of population than any other Scottish city. Surrounding Perthshire is also the UK’s leading destination for adventure tourism, and
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.
the area’s outstanding natural beauty is a powerful draw in the expanding market of wellbeing tourism. The tourism economy was worth more than £400m in 2016, with the area atracting more than two million visitors. Timely fi gures for London- based developer, Henley Homes, which opened The Dunalastair Hotel, a 5-star boutique hotel at Kinloch Rannoch, in 2017, following a £5m refurbishment.
PERTH CITY PLAN
A number of key city development projects will sustain and build the regional economy over the next 20 years, and these are set out in the Perth City Plan. They include the development of the River Tay waterfront as a leisure and tourism destination, with river taxis, pontoons, a City Centre Activity Centre and riverside kiosk opportunities. This is to be complemented by improvements to the public realm in the city. Up to 7,000 new homes are planned, to accommodate a population that is expected to increase by 25% within the next two decades. This expansion of the urban area, mainly to the west of the city,
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