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"This is a demanding high quality, high technology business and we have found Lanarkshire to be an ideal base for sourcing the skills, talent and infrastructure necessary to sustain and grow our business. Several of our local recruits have progressed over the years to the highest levels in our US headquarters.
Ron Dickinson, Freescale
"As Scotland's most stylish hotel, we're proud to be in Lanarkshire. Recruitment has been incredibly successful, with the majority of our workforce based in the local area. The appetite for work from applicants and the fantastic work ethic of our new recruits has been overwhelming."
Ken McCulloch, owner of Dakota Eurocentral
"Wallace Cameron's unique, innovative products are entirely designed and developed at our state of the art facility and Head Office in Lanarkshire. In addition, the bulk of the kit production is also done locally which allows for optimum planning and response times. A combination of local expertise and excellent transport links allows us to be the market leader in the U.K., as well as to export to 36 countries around the world."
Richard Auchincloss, Wallace Cameron
"The location of our recycling centre was key to our decision to invest £3m redeveloping the facility between 2004 and 2006. The site is well located to access the excellent transport infrastructure and we also found that the Planning Authority understood the need to develop such a facility to support other local businesses. Lanarkshire is an excellent location to recruit skilled staff and develop business to business relationships".
Scottish Water, Lanarkshire
The quality of the staff in Lanarkshire was a key factor for our investment at Eurocentral, which has brought quality job opportunities for hundreds of skilled people, not only in Lanarkshire, but across the west of Scotland. The close proximity of three of Scotland's most prestigious universities to NCR's Lanarkshire facility ensures the company is able to attract and retain a highly educated workforce, and provide the best possible service to our customers, including some of the biggest names in banking, retailing and telecommunications throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa."
NCR, Lanarkshire
"It was a big choice to base our Operations Centre in Lanarkshire. We conducted a lot of research and chose Lanarkshire because its people offered the right skills and the right work ethic. It was important that we were well placed for connections to the rest of the UK and Lanarkshire could hardly be better. We're right on the motorway and rail networks and close to everything that a city like Glasgow can offer.
Six years on and our choice has been more than validated; Lanarkshire is a great base. The quality of our team means that we can provide a first class service to our customers and this has enabled us to create growth in a very competitive market. I'm not convinced that we would have been this successful anywhere else."
Colin Rutherford, Morgan Stanley
Covanburn have been operating in Lanarkshire for 2 years and have watched turnover grow from zero to £3 million. The company has received tremendous local development including subsidised premises, and free consultancy services, and as a result we have now located in Coatbridge - where office space is very competitively priced and we benefit from great transport and travel links to the rest of Lanarkshire and central Scotland. We have sourced a great number of professional, skilled and time-served personnel along with local office staff, and look forward to increasing our local workforce as we grow.
Alex Stewart, Covanburn Contracts
"The move to Eurocentral has given us unrivalled access to Scotland's main arterial roads and a highly skilled, enthusiastic labour pool"
Owen Barrett, Clyde Valley Drilling
"Our portfolio of commercial properties includes GSO Business Park in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. We are impressed with the excellent transport links and first class leisure and retail accessibility throughout the region and we strongly believe that this burgeoning area should be on the radar for all potential occupiers."
John Brophy, CALA Properties
"Some of Scotland's best kept secrets can be found in Lanarkshire. It's surprising how many people have yet to discover the delights of New Lanark. I particularly like the walks and the falls on the Clyde there. The wide open spaces at Palacerigg Country Park are also a real find and of course Iain Hamilton Findlay's brilliant creation at Little Sparta is one of Scotland's hidden gems."
Pete Irvine - Author of ‘Scotland The Best'
A vibrant and growing Scottish economy needs modern homes to accommodate the people who drive that economy. Lanarkshire is an attractive place to work and to live; there is already a good range of houses, in both urban and rural settings, and there is the potential to attract more people to settle there as a result of the Scottish house building industry's substantial investment plans over the coming years.
Allan Lundmark - Homes for Scotland
