A RANGE of Scottish projects have been granted funding as part of the Chancellors budget today.
Among them are Inverness Castle, Pollok Stables and a new marketplace for Aberdeen city centre.
However no new cash has been announced for the North Sea Just Transition, which was a key ask of the SNP ahead of the budget.
The party said the UK Government should match the £500m the Scottish Government has invested in a so-called just transition.
The Chancellor did pledge £27m in March for the North Sea transition, which is referenced again in this latest budget.
Despite this, a slew of other projects have been awarded a share of £172m as part of the UK Government's Levelling Up fund.
The schemes which have been successful are:
- Redevelopment of Inverness Castle.
- A new marketplace in Aberdeen City Centre.
- A direct route between Glasgow and the Three Towns in North Ayrshire.
- Transforming Pollok Stables and Sawmill in Glasgow into a net-zero heritage living centre.
- Redeveloping Granton Waterfront Northwest of Edinburgh.
- Upgrading Westfield Roundabout in Falkirk.
- Remodelling the Artizan Shopping Centre in West Dunbartonshire.
- Connecting the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District to Paisley, Renfrew and Inchinnan.
The Chancellor also announced successful bidders for a share of £1.07m, from the government's Community Ownership Fund.
They are:
- £300,000 for the Old Town Hall, Whithorn.
- £250,000 for the Rannoch Hub, Kinloch Rannoch
- £219,096 for the Old Forge pub, Inverie.
- £175,000 for the New Galloway Town Hall
- £124,843 for the Callander Visitor Information Centre
Bespoke funding has been set aside for severl other one-off projects, including £3m for the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, as revealed today by The Herald, and around £1m for the Hebrides X-Prix in 2022.
Around 3,600 premesis will be connected to full fibre broadband across Aberdeenshire, Angus, Highland, Moray, Perth and Kinross as £8m is invested into project gigabit.
A new small business fund through the British Investment Bank is also hoped to support small businesses.
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