Perthshire - the home for your business
Perthshire offers many wide and diverse opportunities for new and existing businesses to realise and develop their potential, helping them to strengthen their global connections, improve and develop their workforce and create a long term sustainable economy for them to grow their business in.
The benefits of locating to Perthshire are that we have a long term vision for creating jobs and opportunities for the people of Perthshire and we will work with a variety of partners to ensure that our vision is implemented timeously and seamlessly.
Our vision is "To create and maintain a modern high performance knowledge based economy with worldwide links, well paid jobs and a high quality of life for all the people of Perthshire." The underlying principles of our vision are:
- To develop the local economy
- To create quality jobs
- To expand and diversify the business base
- To develop local employment opportunities
- To provide appropriate education and training
- To encourage social inclusion and opportunities for all
- To provide appropriate business infrastructure and
- To provide services to support businesses and local communities
Perth and Kinross Council with our partners strive to deliver these principles and will apply one or all of them to ensure that a business looking to expand or locate here gets the best possible start we can offer them.
By working with our partners we identify the needs and aspirations of a business and work with them to identify cost effective solutions for their business that will meet both their needs of business growth and our needs to combat unemployment and reduce the population drift and loss of our young people.
For further information on how we can help you realise your business potential please contact:
Perth and Kinross Council
Economic Development
5 High Street
Perth
PH1 5JS
Tel 01738 477940
Email economicdev@pkc.gov.uk
