Glasgow City Council

Glasgow’s tech sector is now worth £5.6 billion, following 2.4x growth since 2020. Half of its value comes from startups founded within the last decade, while more than £300 million in venture capital has been secured since 2025, strengthening Glasgow’s position among the UK’s leading technology hubs.

Glasgow has launched a targeted tourism campaign in Boston, inviting Americans to “come and see the original” traffic cone. Featuring the city’s iconic Duke of Wellington statue, the campaign builds on the friendship forged between Scotland supporters and local communities during the World Cup.

Glasgow City Council has unveiled City Development Plan 2, a long-term blueprint guiding regeneration, housing and economic growth across the city. The plan includes land for more than 30,000 homes, new Economic Development Areas, city centre renewal and major investment opportunities linked to innovation, transport and the River Clyde.

Springburn Winter Gardens has secured £1.129 million in funding to support its transformation into a “living ruin” for community use. The project will stabilise and partially restore the historic structure, creating space for heritage learning, urban growing and public access, supporting wider regeneration in north Glasgow.

New funding of almost £3million from the National Heritage Lottery Fund (NHLF) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) will allow the next steps in the regeneration of Govan through a programme of heritage projects in the area over the next five years after a Glasgow City Council committee today accepted the…