Inclusive Growth
Inclusive Growth Strategic Framework and Program of Change
We will do this by:
- Improving access to opportunity and reducing inequality.
- Attracting and retaining the people needed to sustain our economy, communities and services.
- Having accessible, good quality jobs.
- Collaborating to progress projects and attract investment, and to support the provision of sufficient good quality housing, transport, childcare, digital infrastructure, business & industrial accommodation.
Priority Sectors:
Energy, Space, Fishing & Aquaculture, Agriculture
Delivering on:
Scotland’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation, Community Wealth Building, Local Child Poverty Action Plan
Delivered through:
Inclusive Growth Strategic Framework, HIE Strategy 2023-28, Local Housing Strategy, Regional Transport Strategy (in particular inter-island connectivity), R100, Shetland Energy Strategy (including affordable energy)
Key Contacts:
Katrina Wiseman, Area Manager Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Neil Grant, Director of Development Services Shetland Islands Council
Resources:
HIE resources, SIC Development Services, maximising external funding