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The public purse invested in the construction Scotland innovation centre to facilitate off-site manufacturing in the context of global advances, and it has made the industry much more attractive to young people and women with the shift to making things in a factory rather than on site.
Therefore, I urge the Scottish Government to work with the City of Edinburgh Council to restrict future PBSA development, if possible, because it often involves corporate exploitation of students and Scotland’s urban land.
Given the real potential benefits to housing delivery, tenants and the environment, we are considering how we can increase uptake of and investment in off-site construction to support the delivery of more efficient high-quality and net zero affordable homes in the future.
That takes me from retail to hospitality, two sectors that feed off each other and attractvisitors to Scotland. Six weeks ago, Derek Mackay announced a 12.5 per cent cap on rises for 8,500 pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels and other hospitality firms.
It is a perfect opportunity not only to enhance the visitor experience but to attract new visitors, new businesses and new investment, delivering jobs and building a reputation for strong and effective partnership.
Children now have hot cooked healthy meals provided on site. We expect that 900 such projects, large and small, will be delivered by the end of the expansion.