Sustainable business village could create 80 jobs

0 An impression of what the village, which upcycles surplus shipping containers, would look like

SRA Ventures, the investment specialist owned by entrepreneur Shaf Rasul, plans to create an “environmentally-friendly” business village in Linlithgow, in a move that could create scores of jobs, writes Scott Reid.

The mixed-used development, which is being billed as the first of its kind in Scotland, would be located at the town’s Mill Road Industrial Estate.

SRA intends to bring local, national and international brands together in a single business incubator location

as part of a £5 million investment that could generate up to 80 jobs.

It plans to demolish part of the estate’s former Arco building and refurbish it into seven trade counters, while creating 56 parking spaces. This would create a development site for an eco-friendly mixed-use village which the firm is branding Project Contempo.

The proposal follows SRA’S previous success in Linlithgow with E-net Park which was also a hub for e-commerce businesses.