ALMOST £1.4 billion of funding will be poured into local projects across Scotland over the next decade, the British government announced today.

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has written to Scotland’s 32 councils confirming cash for greenlit plans. These include nearly £39 million for the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (Amids), the South transport project in Renfrewshire, £15m to regenerate Drumchapel town centre in Glasgow and £18m for Elgin’s city masterplan.

A further £160m for investment zones in Glasgow and the north-east, alongside £26m each for the Cromarty and Forth freeports, will be lavished on business tax breaks. Another £26m will be provided for a new Fair Isle Ferry in Shetland.