New developments being proposed include:
- A £9.5m plan to develop Conference Square in Lothian Road,
- A £30m proposal to create Lothian's first 'televillage' in Musselburgh to allow people to work from home,
- A £50m project to create a rapid transport system from the airport to the city centre,
- A £25m international research centre in Penicuik through the establishment of a new Food Standards Agency and the creation of 2000+ jobs,
- A 10m indoor sporting arena at Tynecastle,
- A £60m second terminal for Edinburgh airport, a £1bn redevelopment of Waverley Station,
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A 5m airport-style terminal for St. Andrew's Square bus station
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£7m leisure club developments at Newcraighall and at the Stakis Airport hotel.
Between the years 1991-1996, it was predicted that the employment in Edinburgh would increase and there would be a loss of employment in the other three remaining Lothian Districts. Over the next five years leading up to 2001 they predicted that there would be an increase of employment in the three Lothian Districts, but Edinburgh coming out as the most buoyant once again.
This is what happened:
Employment Trends: The Lothian Districts
From the table above, we can see that the predictions made where correct. Despite job losses in Manufacturing and Construction, there is still a prediction that over the decade to 2001 these industries will be more then offset by Service Sector employment Growth. Over this period there is also a prediction that substantial employment increases in Lothian in Education and Retail Distribution of 6,000 and 5,500.
Key Grow Industries - Lothian 1991 – 2001
There were also predictions that there would be a growth of 8% in Public Administration employment between 1991-2001. Also, almost all of the 4,400 new jobs expected in Edinburgh's Financial and Business Service sector should be created before 1996 although the Insurance industry is likely to show employment growth throughout the decade of almost 18%.
Despite the 23% increase in the manufacturing industry there was a substantial fall of around 10,700 (20%) manufacturing jobs in Lothian by 2001. 7,000 of these jobs were accounted by the engineering sector alone. The predictions for Lothians most important manufacturing industries - Electronics, Food and Drink and Paper and Printing. It also highlights a projected loss of 5,400 Construction jobs - 90% of which will be lost between 1991 and 1996.
This is what happened after their prediction:
* Electronics covers Office Machinery and Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Manufacturing & Construction Employment Trends
As we can see from the above information, there has been a considerable change in the employment rate over the past decade. All of these types of industries existed a decade ago, but from the information we can see the growth of the individual industries, and how they have affected the employment rate in Edinburgh and in the Lothians districts. Many of the reason for growth are because of the impact of the technological market, which has affected almost all of the industries in some way. It wasn’t until recently that the technological market had it’s use it all of these industries. Also, there has been a demand in Edinburgh from certain industries, and therefore the demand must be met. This means that there has been an expansion of the retail industry and the leisure industry. They had been expanded because of the need of them, and also to satisfy consumer needs, and for tourist attractions. There isn’t as much need for the elderly people to work in the new modern industries that have taken place in the past decade. This is because they have adapted to certain skills which have to be studied at schools and Universities, if you want to enter that certain industry of your interest. There isn’t either as much need to work full time, as you might have had to in the early years f the past decade. The hours are now flexible because there are enough employees in the certain industries who want jobs. More people require part time jobs so that they can spend the rest of the day with family, and doing social things. They can get paid enough to live their life at a satisfactory level, and to their comfort even with a part time job, because the pay is better then before.
Here is a table of results that have been taken from between the years of 1990-1999. From the table below we will be able to see the increase of employment in certain fields.
