Up to 30,000 jobs could be created in the North East of Scotland under plans to transform the region into the ‘net zero capital of Europe’.
A regional alliance has announced its formal bid for green freeport status, which it claims could boost gross value added (GVA) by £7.5bn over the next decade.
Modelling across the possible freeport tax levers identified 14,000 jobs will be created across the tax sites, 16,000 jobs created across with the wider region.
