SCOTTISH Leather Group is to create 100 skilled jobs at a new production hub in Paisley amid strong demand for seat coverings from car makers.
The new facility is expected to open by Autumn 2020.
The decision to open the facility provides a vote of confidence in Scotland as a manufacturing centre amid the uncertainty around Brexit.
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Last year the group said it had started a Brexit risk register. This was for use in “documenting the significant impacts that may result from the final shape of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union”.
The privately-owned group, which employs more than 800 people at facilities in Bridge of Weir, Paisley and Glasgow, has noted it is a significant exporter from Scotland.
Former Prime Minister Theresa May visited the Bridge of Weir site in November.
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Derek Mackay, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work said yesterday: “Scotland is an attractive place to do business with a skilled workforce and companies like Scottish Leather Group expanding their operations is testament to this.”
Renfrewshire Council will today launch a strategy that is intended to grow the local economy by £400million a year and expand the manufacturing sector by 30 per cent.
Scottish Leather Group director James Lang chairs Renfrewshire’s Economic Leadership Panel, which led development of the strategy.
He said: “We are at an exciting time with major economic investment taking place right across Renfrewshire, a region which has strong foundations upon which to build, with a high employment rate and businesses exporting £2billion of goods and services worldwide.”
Scottish Leather Group director James Lang chairs Renfrewshire’s Economic Leadership Panel, which led development of the strategy.
He said: “We are at an exciting time with major economic investment taking place right across Renfrewshire, a region which has strong foundations upon which to build, with a high employment rate and businesses exporting £2billion of goods and services worldwide.”
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