Inverclyde Council

Inverclyde Council has appointed David Forbes as its new chief financial officer. Mr Forbes joins the council from North Ayrshire Council where he has worked since 2016 and is currently senior manager (strategic business manager).

At a special full Inverclyde Council meeting last week, councillors approved a three-year £65 million capital budget. Projects included in the £65m capital budget that was agreed are:

Inverclyde Council has appointed an interim chief financial officer. Angela Edmiston, who is currently a finance manager with the council, will take over on a temporary basis from long-serving chief financial officer Alan Puckrin when he retires in April 2025.

Buoyed by the inauguration of its state-of-the-art £20 million visitor centre, Scotland’s Greenock Ocean Terminal is set to embark on another prosperous cruise season.

A plot of land which once formed part of the former Tate & Lyle sugar refinery in Greenock is being proposed as a new £15 million 46-home private housing development by Sandy and James Easdale, the owners of Easdale Investment Group.

Semiconductor manufacturer Diodes Incorporated has received a £13.7 million funding package from Scottish Enterprise towards a £47m project enabling its future growth in Greenock. The grant was announced yesterday by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.