What Others Are Saying

 

 The size and scale of Clyde Gateway's ambitions really have to be applauded. They could make a significant contribution to growth in Scotland's economy as well as massively improving the local environment.  

 

COUNCILLOR EDDIE McAVOY, LEADER OF SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL, APRIL 2013

 

 The scale and the task of the work being undertaken is vast, the sites at Clyde Gateway East and the National Business District at Shawfield are a true example of the value of 'pump priming' investment.  

 

MARGARET BURGESS MSP, MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND WELFARE, FEBRUARY 2013

 

  The whole team at Clyde Gateway are doing a fantastic job and they have really cheered up everyone in Bridgeton this past couple of years

 

JIMMY McLELLAN, LOCAL RESIDENT, SPEAKING AT ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING, OCTOBER 2011

 

The Clyde Gateway regeneration scheme is an ambitious project and key to the future prosperity of the east end of the city and neighbouring South Lanarkshire.

 

EDDIE CARR, AREA DIRECTOR. MORGAN SINDALL, MARCH 2013

 

The CCG factory is a wonderful example of the work Clyde Gateway is doing to help local residents take advantage of job and training opportunities and reducing barriers to unemployment. It has made a real difference to people's lives

 

NICOLA STURGEON MSP, DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER, NOVEMBER 2011

 

The Clyde Gateway East Business Park will be incredibly important to the regeneration of the East End and congratulations to Clyde Gateway for pulling it off

 

STUART PATRICK, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, GLASGOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, APRIL 2010

 

 We are delighted and honoured to be relocating to Bridgeton and to be joining a community with such a rich heritage and proud history.

 

SUE JOHN, ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, GLASGOW WOMENS' LIBRARY, SEPTEMBER 2012

  

 Clyde Gateway continues to be an important investment for us and our faith in the location, the URC and most importantly the Scottish business community we are seeking to serve, is being rewarded.

 

RICK de BLABY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF MEPC, MARCH 2013

 

 

The housing development and regeneration programme in the east end of Glasgow is a wonderful example of the Commonwealth Games helping build communities

 

BRUCE ROBERTSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES FEDERATION CO-ORDINATION COMMISSION FOR GLASGOW 2014, OCTOBER 2012  

 

 There’s a solidity about what Clyde Gateway are doing that hasn’t been there in the past.  There are now real opportunities for the private sector to invest in the long term future of the area

 

ALAN LUNDMARK, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & COMMUNICATIONS, HOMES FOR SCOTLAND, MARCH 2011

 

 The URC are using the catalyst of the Games to truly transform Glasgow's East End and neighbouring South Lanarkshire by remediating land, supporting people into employment and securing inward investment to the area. The transformation is phenomenal. 

 

SHONA ROBISON MSP, MINISTER FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES & SPORT, MARCH 2013  

 

 Projects such as improvements to Dalmarnock Station and the recent re-opening of the iconic Olympia Theatre in Bridgeton will bring real benefits to local people long after the Games are over

 

RUTH DAVIDSON MSP, LEADER OF THE SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY, JANUARY 2013

 

 Its absolutely brilliant. The area will be entirely transformed and the lives of people in the East End will be a lot better

 

JIM MURPHY MP, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND, FEB 2010  

 

The 2014 Commonwealth Games will deliver a significant impact from regeneration offering a once in a generation opportunity for step change in the area covered by Clyde Gatway

 

DAVID SMITH, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON, MAY 2010

 

Clyde Gateway is particularly well placed to capitalise on regeneration – it already enjoys excellent public transport links, is close to the M8 motorway to Edinburgh and will have the new extension to the M74 linking it locally

 

ANDREW COLLIER, BUSINESS JOURNALIST, THE HERALD, APRIL 2010

 

 The momentum provided by the Games will help Clyde Gateway to create a regenerated, well-designed and sustainable community in the East End

 

IAN GILZEAN, CHIEF ARCHITECT. SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 2010

 

Clyde Gateway stands out for the way they help to take care of the things which are important to local people such as Landemer Day which is such a hugely and important annual festival for the people of Rutherglen.

 

LIZ CHAMBERS, SECRETARY, LANDEMER DAY COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 2012

 

 The regeneration of the East End is making a big difference to the community. We all have a brilliant opportunity to learn valuable skills, work in a team and all in our neighbourhood, which is a massive change for Glasgow.

 

DEAN BRANNIGAN. TRAINEE WELDER AT GLACIER ENERGY, MARCH 2013

 

 The regeneration of this part of the constituency has been needed for years and the vision gives confidence for the future.  The structure of Clyde Gateway, involving local people, will help keep the priorities right

 

TOM GREATREX MP, MEMBER FOR RUTHERGLEN AND HAMILTON SOUTH, JULY 2010

 

 The East End of Glasgow is undergoing significant change and regeneration at the moment and Clyde Gateway East Business Park is at the heart of this as a commercial location that we believe will help to attract much-needed jobs to the area.

 

DAVID McLACHLAN, DIRECTOR  - SCOT SHERIDAN, SEPTEMBER 2012

 

 The second that you walk into the main atrium at Eastgate there’s a real sense that you’ve come into a building that feels and looks very special. It’s another fantastic example of how this community is changing so much for the better

 

LESLEY WARD, LEARNING AND OPERATIONS CO-ORDINATIOR - BRIDGETON COMMUNITY LEARNING CAMPUS, APRIL 2012

 

 

Thankfully at the local level, the city has securely tied the outcomes it wants to see from the 2014 Games to the agenda of Clyde Gateway

 

MICHAEL KELLY, FORMER LORD PROVOST OF GLASGOW, WRITING IN ‘THE SCOTSMAN’ IN MARCH 2010

 

The many exciting projects spearhead by Clyde Gateway will transform lives and secure a prosperous future for large swathes of Glasgow. I look forward to working with Clyde Gateway to ensure that my constituents ewap the benefits that regeneartion will bring

 

ANAS SARWAR MP, MEMBER FOR GLASGOW CENTRAL, NOVEMBER 2010

 

At a time when jobs and training opportunities are that bit harder to find, I think it is highly significant that Clyde Gateway is making extra efforts to make a difference

 

CLLR GEORGE RYAN, GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL EXECUTIVE MEMBER FOR BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMY, JUNE 2009 

 

Jobs are key and I am hugely impressed by the transformation being brought about by Clyde Gateway both in the East End of Glasgow and in Rutherglen where I have my roots

 

JOHN MASON MSP, MEMBER FOR GLASGOW EAST, JUNE 2011

 

 Clyde Gateway’s long term plans should provide much improved business opportunities for the east end, not just in the short term but over a much longer timescale

 

TONY STEWART, ENVIRONMENTAL CONULTANT,  www.sustainability-in-business.co.uk NOVEMBER 2011 

 

The momemtum provided by winning the bid for the 2014 Games has helped Clyde Gateway spearhead social, economic and physical change across the East End of Glasgow and neighbouring South Lanarkshire

 

STEWART STEVENSON MSP, MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT, INRASTRUCTURE

& CLIMATE CHANGE, NOVEMBER 2010

 

 Well done Clyde Gateway for sticking to your word to get young people of the area into employment

 

EDITORIAL PIECE, RE-GEN NEWSPAPER MARCH 2010

 

We are proud to be involved with Clyde Gateway as it is an organisation really committed to the burgh of Rutherglen

 

ALEX DEACON, PRESIDENT RUTHERGLEN GLENCIRN JUNIORS FC, AUGUST 2009

 

  As a Scot I am proud of what we are doing here to regenerate an area blighted by economic problems. Glasgow City Council and the Regeneration project should be congratulated on their achievements and their goals in taking on a job of this complexity

 

DAVID MUNDELL MP, SCOTLAND OFFICE MINISTER, JULY 2010

 

  I’m very impressed with the plans and the vision of Clyde Gateway, particularly for bringing lots of wasted land back into productive use for housing, for jobs and for the regeneration of the river  

 

ALEX NEIL MSP, MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES, APRIL 2009

 

 The East End is a community which is constantly changing and improving, and much of this is down to the efforts of Clyde Gateway

 

CHRISTY COLE, BRIDGETON-BASED DESIGNER, www.briggsandcole.co.uk OCTOBER 2012