Renfrewshire is the ideal location for your business

Renfrewshire is a vibrant attractive and welcoming place, where people want to live, work and study and where businesses want to grow, relocate and invest. We are already home to a wide range of world-class businesses & internationally recognised brands.

Join our business networks with existing businesses such as Diageo, Arnold Clark and Rolls Royce or with our anchor businesses who have successfully been here for more than 100 years such as the Scottish Leather Group, Filshill, Altrad Babcok and the Malcolm Group.

We’re open for business and ready to welcome you.

Why Choose Renfrewshire

3rd

Fastest growing technology investment hub in the UK

£111m

Regional Venture Capital investment attracted during 2021

£2.7bn

Combined enterprise valuation of regional companies

34d

Fastest growing technology investment hub in the UK

Excellent transport links & a skilled workforce

Renfrewshire is a very well connected place with unrivalled transport links. Glasgow Airport, one of the UK’s busiest passenger and freight hubs, acts as a major centre for economic activity and inward investment. Our excellent road & rail connections across Scotland and the wider UK makes us a key destination for freight and logistics businesses.

We also have a wide range of flexible investment locations suitable for you businesses including AMIDs, Scotland’s newest home for manufacturing and innovation.

Our skilled workforce embodies the spirit of innovation and creativity that shines through in everything we do. Our commitment to fair work and a just transition means we want no-one left behind.

"They helped me get training in something I love. Now I'm in work and more positive about the future"
- James, 48

"After years out of work, I finally feel confident again - and I've started a new role I actually enjoy"
- Sarah, 32

A great place to invest, live & do business

Renfrewshire is an excellent place to invest, live and do business. We are home to Scotland’s largest town in Paisley, as well as four other key centres in Erskine, Linwood, Johnstone and Renfrew. We are also home to Scotland’s major shopping destination at Braehead.

We lie immediately west of Glasgow, sitting at the strategic crossroads of the wider City Region, an economic & social partnership of eight Local Authorities. Collectively, we account for one-third of Scotland’s economic out and one-third of its population.

Be part of something special by investing in the future

Renfrewshire is proud to host Scotland’s Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation District (AMID’S)

Delivering economic growth and pioneering breakthroughs that shape and meet challenges of the future. It is perfectly placed to manufacture a new way, for a new world. It’s a place for bold, brave companies to come together and inspire each other to do great things.

The perfect investment location side-by-side with internationally-renowned names, established experts and major research centres. With unrivalled connectivity, a highly-skilled regional workforce and a hugely-attractive lifestyle on offer, the AMIDS appeal is strong.

Our Partners

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