New figures have revealed more than £1 billion of community infrastructure projects are under construction in Scotland.

The data, published by the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), shows that hundreds of SME firms are benefitting from the increased workloads through the hub programme.

With overall project values reaching £1.11bn, key highlights of the report includes:

• 78% of all hub contracts have been awarded to SMEs

• The value of construction is supporting over 14,000 jobs


• 116 new graduate places have been created and over 580 apprenticeship and trainee places have been secured

• Projects valued at £550m are in development

• Projects valued at £510m are already completed, operational and serving local communities

David MacDonald, hub Programme Director at SFT, said: "The success of the hub programme is clear to see as the value of projects under construction continues to grow. The hub programme is an innovative approach to develop and deliver best-value community facilities which provides public bodies with a quick and efficient way of getting their projects into construction and services delivered to their communities.

"The benefit of using hub as the preferred delivery partner is reflected in the huge increase in the value of projects under construction."

To view the figures, visit here.

(LM/CD)