Renewable energy company Scottish and Southern Energy are set to create hundreds of new jobs at their new £20m building, One Waterloo Street, which overlooks Central Station in the heart of Glasgow.
A major jobs boost is on the horizon for Glasgow's own Wall
Street on the Clyde.
Hundreds of workers are to be hired after an electricity and gas
giant opened a renewable energy division in the city's
International Financial Services District.
Scottish and Southern Energy has already moved 200 staff from two
other city sites into the nine-storey One Waterloo Street, which
overlooks Central Station, after spending more than £20million on
the new building.
Power chiefs are using it as the launch pad for their new Centre of
Engineering Excellence for Renewable Energy, which has already been
given a £2.8m grant from the Scottish Government.
The flagship centre was officially opened by Scotland's Secretary
of State Michael Moore, and already SSE officials are planning to
double their workforce. They expect to recruit another 150 new
starts by the middle of next year with dozens more to follow in the
years ahead.
SSE is striking up partnership deals with other organisations such
as Strathclyde University, Mitsubishi Power Systems, Siemens and
Atkins, which will see partners generating their own mix of
existing staff and new recruits.
At least 600 staff are expected to work out of One Waterloo
Street in a few years time.
Source:
The Evening Times - Renewable energy firm set to bring jobs boost
to Glasgow.