Explain ways in which the EU
and national government can
create industrial regeneration
in South Wales or any other
named industrial
concentration in the EU which
you have studied (8)
The industrial concentration in the EU I
have studied is Glasgow. The ways in
which the EU and national government
can create regeneration is to provide
subsidies to companies native and
international who wish to set up in
Glasgow. This includes paying workers
wages for a set period, tax reductions or
tax free imports and exports and money
for new infrastructure.
These all encourage businesses to go to
an area and allows it to begin to
regenerate. This is due to the high
amount of jobs that provide the
population with an income and takes the
strain off benefits and allows the
government to regenerate more housing
and education.
The EU and the government also provide
regional aid- a discretionary scheme of
different tiers of aid for the worst off
areas.
Vertex a company which deals with the banking
side of Tesco moved to Glasgow due to
government incentives and now provides 200
permanent jobs at the Atlantic Quay in the
city. This provides stability and allows people
to rebuild their lives.
The infrastructure around Glasgow has been
greatly improved in recent years. There is
now a fast train link between Glasgow and
London. The road links have been greatly
improved with the recent extension to the
M74 and the M80 making the area much
more attractive to industry
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