A £140 million investment that it is hoped will bring 2000 new jobs to Falkirk is to be signed off today in a major agreement between the UK and Scottish Governments and Falkirk Council.
The Falkirk Growth Deal – which could unlock up to £1 billion of future investment – will deliver 11 major projects to transform the area.The cash is a very welcome boost for the ‘Investment Zone’, which focuses on Falkirk and Grangemouth’s huge importance to the national economy and which is already seeing the council working closely with the private sector to attract investment.A major part of the cash will be to help the area’s petrochemical industry – which currently produces 10 per cent of Scotland’s carbon emissions – make the complex transformation
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