Labour and SNP clash over failure to get Government cash to create new hub
Councillors have clashed over the funding, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Councillor Fiona Fotheringham outside the Clydesdale Bank in Wishaw (Image: Tom Dick/Wishaw Press)
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Four new independent directors have today (Monday 8 February) been announced as they join the Board in non-executive roles at the Independent Office for.
AN organisation established by the Scottish Government was a key player in the procurement and delivery of a contract prior to the sale for £1 of Ravenscraig Hospital and its toxic grounds. The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) helped NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde secure the services of property specialists Montagu Evans, who were paid more than £30,000 of public money directly from health board funds. But despite the large bill hugely outstripping the £1 land transfer itself health chiefs had no direct correspondence with the SFT during the entire tendering process, the
Telegraph can reveal. The health board, whilst marketing only the hospital building through Montagu Evans, was manoeuvring to offload the category B listed edifice and its sprawling contaminated grounds to a private company.
Peter Reekie, Scottish Futures Trust Share:
2020 has brought challenges to all including the construction industry. Governments around the world have confirmed that there is to be a “Green Recovery” and infrastructure projects will support. In this 15-minute video interview, Peter Reekie, CEO at Scottish Futures Trust, shares his take on the situation in Scotland, talking to us about the Scottish Government’s Infrastructure Investment Plan and reports from the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland.
Browse the Delivery Findings Report provided by the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland.
Speakers:
– Clare Lacey, Partner, QMPF and IPFA UK Council Member