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Plans submitted for £21m Scottish food hub

Plans submitted for £21m Scottish food hub Plans for a £21m food and drink industry hub in north east Scotland has been submitted for approval by Aberdeen City Council. SeedPod will be located on Scotland Rural College’s (SRUC) Craibstone campus, near Aberdeen, and is designed to provide specialist support and facilities for growing start-up, early-stage and established businesses. Features would include 12 commercial-grade manufacturing and production incubator units and two development kitchens and full-service managed production and storage space; presentation areas; co-working and collaboration space, and demonstration space to pilot processes and technology. Funding pledges​ The UK and Sottish governments have jointly provided £10m of capital funding via the Aberdeen City Region Deal (ACRD) – a partnership between both governments, Opportunity North East (ONE), Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council.

Plans for new hub to boost food and drink firms in the north-east of Scotland

Plans lodged for £21 million food and drink hub in Aberdeen

Plans lodged for £21 million food and drink hub in Aberdeen © Opportunity North East An artists impression of what the SeedPod will look like from the outside. Plans to create a £21m development hub in Aberdeen to grow the food and drink sector have been lodged with the local authority. Led by Opportunity North East (ONE), SeedPod aims to put the north-east’s manufacturing and processing businesses at the forefront of innovation, productivity and sustainability. It is hoped it will increase high-value exports and create new jobs, as well as play a key role in green economic recovery and help businesses deliver on net-zero goals.

Boost for north-east food and drink sector after £21 million development plans submitted

One vice-chairman and Food Hub (NES) chairman Patrick Machray Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Aberdeen City Region Deal (ACRD) partners have hailed progress on a “critical ingredient” for growing the north-east food and drink sector. A planning application for a £21 million development “hub” – to be called Seedpod – has been submitted to Aberdeen City Council. It is the cornerstone of efforts to double the size of the region’s £2.2 billion food and drink sector.

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