The Alliance’s Investment Promotion workstream works with the cities to promote their multi-million-pound investment opportunities to a targeted investor audience via a single Investment Prospectus. We act as the initial point of contact for bringing investors to cities through bespoke one-to-one meetings, as well as through attending investor conferences such as MIPIM and MIPIM UK, and holding our own sectoral targeted events. By creating bespoke opportunities for cities to meet investors from the sectors they are promoting, the Alliance’s investment promotion activity has helped to bring in more than £100 million to the Scottish economy with investments across the cities.
Collaboration is at the heart of everything that we do. Working with our stakeholders, we are a conduit for bringing relevant opportunities from key public sector organisations such as Scottish Development International, Scottish Enterprise and the Department for International Trade to the attention of the cities, ensuring they are part of informing the overall strategic approach to attracting investment to Scotland.
The seven city regions have a strong story to tell, and collaboratively they are making a significant impact in a very competitive environment. The Alliance will continue to support and promote the opportunities on offer across the cities to our growing database of investors who welcome our unique one-stop-shop approach to attracting investment.
Real Asset Insight: Life Sciences Sector Boosts Highland’s Prospects.
Property Week: Forecast for 2021. Looking ahead with hope (Part 40).
Glasgow regaining reputation as world’s hi-tech workshop: Councillor Susan Aitken.
Stirling gets smart on energy and Internet connectivity: Councillor Scott Farmer.
Real Asset Insight: Scotland shows the way forward on green agenda.
Real Asset Insight: Covid shifts outlooks and assists delivery of Green Cities.
CoStar Column: Cities are Key Driver of the Economy.
The Herald Business HQ Magazine (P.82): Hope in a Time of Crisis
Property Week: Will overseas investment interest in Scotland hold up?
Wall Street Journal: Scotland’s Seven Cities Working as One to Sire a Smart Eighth.
The Scotsman: Smart Cities offer Scotland a win-win.
The Courier: Multi-million pound cash injection promises “smarter” city lives.
The Scotsman: Scotland’s Smart Cities campaign wins £15m European funding boost.
Sunday Post: Smart Cities programme to improve connectivity across Scotland gets £15 million boost.
UKAuthority: Scottish Smart Cities programme wins further £15 million.
Aol.: Smart Cities programme gets £15 million to boost connectivity.
Insider: Smart Cities programme gets £15m to boost connectivity.
The Scotsman: Edinburgh named best city in the world to live.
STV News: Billions of Scottish investment potential on show at V&A.
STV News: Main evening news bulletin.
Radio Tay: Coverage of Investor Prospectus launch.
The Herald: Scottish investment prospectus to showcase cities.
The Herald: Agenda: Working together to promote Scotland’s cities.
Business Insider: V&A Dundee to showcase potential Scottish investment opportunities.
Evening Times: Clyde Gateway office park set to attract 12,000 jobs to city.
The National: Dundee V&A launches £10bn of Scottish investment.
Daily Business: Universities unite to boost digital skills training.
Shropshire Star: Billions of Scottish investment potential on show at Dundee V&A.
Insider.co.uk: Nine of the best property investments in Scotland right now.
Evening Express: Boost to push for greener buses across the North-east.
Energy Voice: Scottish cities to focus on green hydrogen energy.
Insider: Scottish Cities Alliance looks to boost its Smart Cities and hydrogen initiatives in 2018.
Geeky Gadgets: Scottish Cities Alliance Investment in Smart Technologies.
The Korea Post: European World Cities Project Launched in Seoul.
EU World Cities: Launch Event in South Korea.
City AM: Look smart: essential facts about Smart Cities UK.
The Scotsman: Scottish Cities Alliance hails £100m boost to economy.
The Press and Journal: Alliance celebrates £100m investment in just 18 months.
The Herald: Agenda: Let the smart revolution begin in Scotland’s cities.
Read Write: Aye! Smart city projects squirrel away $31m in Scotland.
The National: Smart money is on helping cities find new approaches.
Evening Times: ‘Smart’ bins which tell council when they are full to be piloted in Glasgow.
Evening Telegraph: £1.4m transportation project gets backing.
Scottish Construction Now: ‘Smart’ infrastructure projects revealed for Scotland’s cities.
Cities Today: Smart city projects announced in Scotland.
Property Magazine: Scottish Cities Alliance launches Smart Cities Projects.
The Scotsman: Scottish Cities Alliance to showcase £7.5bn of property projects.
Scottish Cities Alliance and Real Asset Media: Investing in Cities with Purpose
Aberdeen City Council, Dundee City Council, UKGBC, DWS, Nuveen, Fabrix Capital.
Scottish Cities Alliance and Real Asset Media: Towards Affordable Cities
City of Edinburgh Council, Highland Council, Kajima Properties, Greystar Construction, Legal & General.
Scottish Cities Alliance and Real Asset Media: Healthy Cities
City of Edinburgh Council, Highland Council, Austin-Smith:Lord, JLL, IQHQ REIT, Kadans Science Partner.
Scottish Cities Alliance and Real Asset Media: Thinking Cities
Glasgow City Council, Stirling Council, CBRE, Places for People, EDGE Technologies.
Scottish Cities Alliance and Real Asset Media: Green Cities
Dundee City Council, Aberdeen City Council, Perth & Kinross Council, ARUP, Legal & General Investment Management.
Estates Gazette: The Future of Scottish Cities.
Councillor Jenny Laing, Co-Leader of Aberdeen.
Estates Gazette: Building Social Integration.
Councillor Angus Millar, Glasgow.
MIPIM 2020: Building and Developing a Touristic Destination.
Councillor John Alexander, Chair of the Scottish Cities Alliance and Leader of Dundee.
Science and Innovation Network Germany, German U15, Imperial College London & BABLE: “Open Science, Open City, Open Society – Interactions between Science, City and Society”.
Councillor John Alexander, Chair of the Scottish Cities Alliance and Leader of Dundee.
London Festival of Architecture: The Future of City Urban Resilience and the Power of Data.
Councillor Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow.
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