CHOOSE – Protecting Grangemouth’s Future
Martyn Day welcomes that work to secure new investment and job opportunities in Grangemouth is being boosted by Scottish Government funding.
£41,000 will be made available to enable Unite the Union to support the delivery of the Grangemouth Jobs Prioritisation Scheme which makes it conditional for any business receiving investment through the Grangemouth Just Transition Fund to prioritise affected workers when recruiting for new roles.
The additional funding was confirmed on the one year anniversary of the publication of Project Willow, a report highlighting action required by the Scottish and UK governments to ensure a long-term industrial future for Grangemouth, and builds on the action taken so far.
Over the past year, activity supporting Project Willow at Grangemouth has also seen:
- £11.4 million investment by the Scottish Government in new projects. This includes £6.23 million to Celtic Renewables, to support the company’s expansion into large‑scale commercial production of sustainable biochemical solutions, creating 149 jobs by 2029, and £1.5 million in Scottish Government funding in the MiAlgae project at Grangemouth which will support the creation of 130 jobs.
- 316 people supported by up to £1 million of Scottish Government and £1 million UK Government skills interventions funding
- £10 million funding awarded by Scottish Enterprise to new projects.
The new investment in the cluster is also expected to create 279 new, direct jobs in Grangemouth by 2029.
The Grangemouth Jobs Prioritisation Scheme – developed in partnership with Unite – is helping workers secure new opportunities and ensuring that their vital experience, skills and knowledge are not lost to Grangemouth or to Scotland.
Welcoming the commitment Martyn Day said “The steps taken and investment committed over the past year show a clear determination to deliver a just transition for Grangemouth and to keep the area central to Scotland’s low-carbon industrial future. We must continue to build on this progress.”
