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irvine bay urban regeneration company SURF Small Towns Regeneration Seminar No Small Matter Brian MacDonald irvine bay urban regeneration company irvine bay - the area A Different Country “The highest rate of unemployment 9.4% is North Ayrshire … It makes the City of Aberdeen a different country. Unemployment there is down to just 1.7%, the City of Edinburgh is just 2.3%.” August 16, The Scotsman A decade from now if present trends continue, Glasgow will (at least proportionately) no longer be Scotland’s great urban problem; rather it will be the small towns of the West……..there is a wide arc of towns that will be losing some of their economic base, but will be unable to compete with thriving service growth at the core of the City Region. We need a new vision for these towns set in the context of their city-region to deal with these emergent issues. Review of Scotland’s Cities- The Analysis, Scottish Executive 2002 Cities should not be too proud to capitalise on assets beyond their borders. Increasingly, developers and investors in the regions are knowledgeable about other regional markets and there are great opportunities in working together. The institutional investors will follow those trends.” Sir Bob Kerslake Chief Executive Sheffield City Council MIPIM 2007 Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston Irvine & Kilwinning irvine bay the area Data Zones Causes of Weaknesses in the Economy •Non recovery from loss of IDC imported employers •Remaining companies are , for the most part low value , low wage •Despite contraction in manufacturing over dependent and still vulnerable •High Speed Change •35% of manufacturing jobs lost 1998-2003 •40% industrial space empty circa 2.5 million sq ft December September June 2003 March 2002 December September June 1998 March 1997 December September June 1993 March 1992 12.0 10.0 8.0 Scotland rate 6.0 UK Rate North ayrshire rate 4.0 2.0 0.0 irvine bay partners • North Ayrshire Council •Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire •Supporting •Communities Scotland •Scottish Executive •Communities •Enterprise irvine bay the issues • Economy • Housing Stock • Workforce Skills • Poverty and Exclusion • Business Infrastructure • Quality of Life • Environment • Image irvine bay - the company Independent Chair Margaret Ford 5 Public Sector Board Members 5 Private Sector Board Members Irvine Bay5 5 towns 5 principles 5 themes Developed through ‘landmark’ projects Incorporated into 5 town masterplans Irvine Bay5