7/4/2008Jobs boost for East End
AROUND 90 staff of Glasgow Culture and Sport are to move to the East End of the city.
The organisation, which runs the city's museums, galleries and leisure facilities, is to base its sports development team at the new National Indoor Sports Arena (Nisa) in Parkhead.
They will share office space with staff of the national sports agency, Sportscotland.
The venue, near Celtic Park, is being built as one of the centrepieces of the 2014 Commonwealth Games
A spokesman for Glasgow Culture and Sport said: "For too long the East End has suffered poverty and deprivation.
"The development at Parkhead brings with it the opportunity to create jobs, not least in sport."
Steven Purcell, the leader of Glasgow City Council, said: "This is Glasgow showing we will lead by example in relocating jobs from the city to the East End.
"I believe Nisa will become the settled home of Scottish sport.
"I think that as Glasgow prepares for the Commonwealth Games it is right that the city should be at the heart of Scottish sports."
Already the relocation of Sportscotland from Glasgow to Edinburgh, announced earlier this year, will mean 140 new jobs for the East End.
And redevelopment chiefs have promised 10,000 new jobs for the area - many in sport and leisure - by the time the Commonwealth Games come round.
The cost of building Nisa has quadrupled from its original target of £24million to £98million at the last estimate.
Council officials have sought to play down spiralling bills for the venue, which is far bigger - and better - than initially envisaged.
Mr Purcell said: "Everybody involved in major developments both in the public and private sectors is aware of rising costs. The price is up, not just for steel, but for labour, too."
The organisation, which runs the city's museums, galleries and leisure facilities, is to base its sports development team at the new National Indoor Sports Arena (Nisa) in Parkhead.
They will share office space with staff of the national sports agency, Sportscotland.
The venue, near Celtic Park, is being built as one of the centrepieces of the 2014 Commonwealth Games
A spokesman for Glasgow Culture and Sport said: "For too long the East End has suffered poverty and deprivation.
"The development at Parkhead brings with it the opportunity to create jobs, not least in sport."
Steven Purcell, the leader of Glasgow City Council, said: "This is Glasgow showing we will lead by example in relocating jobs from the city to the East End.
"I believe Nisa will become the settled home of Scottish sport.
"I think that as Glasgow prepares for the Commonwealth Games it is right that the city should be at the heart of Scottish sports."
Already the relocation of Sportscotland from Glasgow to Edinburgh, announced earlier this year, will mean 140 new jobs for the East End.
And redevelopment chiefs have promised 10,000 new jobs for the area - many in sport and leisure - by the time the Commonwealth Games come round.
The cost of building Nisa has quadrupled from its original target of £24million to £98million at the last estimate.
Council officials have sought to play down spiralling bills for the venue, which is far bigger - and better - than initially envisaged.
Mr Purcell said: "Everybody involved in major developments both in the public and private sectors is aware of rising costs. The price is up, not just for steel, but for labour, too."