Chamber and committees

The Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies use the UK Special Protection Area selection guidelines to identify the most suitable territories for the bird species that are covered by the provisions of the EU Wild Birds Directive. Once suitable locations have been identified Ministers will ensure that communities and authorities are engaged in discussions on the future management implications before a formal public consultation and classification process is undertaken.

Protected Geographical Indicator status (PGI) for Stornoway Black Pudding is expected to be granted around the end of January/mid February 2013. The EU wide consultation ended on 15 December following which the Commission will start making arrangements for the name to be added to the register of EU protected food names. Due to the administrative procedures including translation in the EU community languages this takes a further 6-8 weeks before publication of the registered name in the EU Official Journal.

Gamesa confirmed in March 2012 that it has selected Leith as a location for its new offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility. This project is yet to proceed. The company is in close regular contact with Scottish Enterprise around the implementation of this project.

In April 2011 Steel Engineering announced it would create 120 jobs when it opens a new plant and builds a "mini-port" in Renfrew to transfer large structures on to ships in the Clyde. This project will be supported by a £1.8 million Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) from Scottish Enterprise. To date £80,000 has been paid.

All job numbers associated with RSA grants are the company’s forecast figures, and are subject to change depending on future economic conditions and other factors affecting the businesses concerned. Payment of RSA is made in instalments, typically over several years during the lifetime of a project and only when job and capital expenditure targets are met.

Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe has indicated that it is still within the five year period of creating these jobs (as stated in its original announcement of 3 December 2010) and as such the figures for the planned jobs are currently unavailable. However, it is anticipated that job numbers created will be available later this year.

Doosan Power Systems plans for investing in Scotland’s offshore wind market changed in mid-December 2011. With that, the company decided not to press forward with its plans for a research and development centre near Glasgow which had the potential to create 200 jobs. The company cited the overall economic conditions and liquidity issues in Europe as the reason for its decision. However, Doosan Power Systems remains a major employer in Scotland with over 1,200 staff and the company continues to be committed to its Scottish operations.

Doosan Power Systems plans for investing in Scotland’s offshore wind market changed in mid-December 2011. With that, the company decided not to press forward with its 10 year plan to invest £170 million in Scottish wind power, which had the potential to create 1,700 jobs. The company cited the overall economic conditions and liquidity issues in Europe as the reason for its decision. However, Doosan Power Systems remains a major employer in Scotland with over 1,200 staff and the company continues to be committed to its Scottish operations.

In June 2011, Gamesa announced it would create up to 180 jobs as part of a new offshore wind technology centre. This project was supported by a £1.5 million regional selective assistance (RSA) grant from Scottish Enterprise.

All job numbers associated with RSA grants are the company’s forecast figures and are subject to change depending on future economic conditions and other factors affecting the businesses concerned. Payment of RSA is made in instalments, typically over several years during the lifetime of a project and only when job and capital expenditure targets are met.

As this is an on-going project, we cannot release details of job numbers associated it as it could impact on the company's commercial operations.

This project was supported by a £750,000 regional selective assistance grant from Scottish Enterprise.

All job numbers associated with RSA grants are the company's forecast figures, and are subject to change depending on future economic conditions and other factors affecting the businesses concerned. Payment of RSA is made in instalments, typically over several years during the lifetime of a project and only when job and capital expenditure targets are met.

As this is an on-going project, we cannot release details of associated job numbers, as this could impact on the company's commercial operations.

This project was supported by a £1.4 million regional selective assistance (RSA) grant from Scottish Enterprise.

All job numbers associated with RSA grants are the company's forecast figures, and are subject to change depending on future economic conditions and other factors affecting the businesses concerned. Payment of RSA is made in instalments, typically over several years during the lifetime of a project and only when job and capital expenditure targets are met.

As this is an ongoing project, we cannot release details of associated job numbers, as this could impact on the company's commercial operations.

Figures covering temporary jobs during the Christmas period are currently being collated by Amazon and an announcement on these jobs numbers will be made in the next couple of weeks.