A ‘realistic’ review of the risks that could affect the success of the Ayrshire Growth Deal have been highlighted in a new report.
Previously, only issues relating to the impact of the pandemic and Brexit had been considered sufficiently worrying to be given an ‘red rag’ risk assessment.
But a ‘wholesale review’ of the AGD risk register has seen concerns ramped up over the nuts and bolts of the programme – which promised to invest £250m over ten years, bringing with it £300m in private investment and creating 7,000 jobs when it was signed by the three Ayrshire Authorities and the UK and Scottish Governments in 2020.
