{"id":97459,"date":"2018-11-12T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=03e2a86ae11913413a2dad2d7d3d98fa"},"modified":"2018-11-12T17:00:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T17:00:05","slug":"news-story-secretary-of-state-for-scotland-reiterates-support-for-tayside-following-first-meeting-of-michelin-action-group-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=97459","title":{"rendered":"News story: Secretary of State for Scotland reiterates support for Tayside following first meeting of Michelin action group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Scottish Secretary David Mundell today [12 November 2018] reiterated the UK Government\u2019s commitment to help find a solution to the closure of Dundee\u2019s Michelin factory and provide wider support the region\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mundell today attended the first meeting of the Michelin Action Group in Dundee, along with the Scottish Government and other partners, to discuss the next steps for the factory.<\/p>\n<p>At the meeting the Scottish Secretary also confirmed the UK Government\u2019s wider support for the region by announcing a \u00a35 million investment for innovation and development in Dundee\u2019s world-class gaming industry. He also confirmed the Tay Cities Deal \u2013 in which the UK Government is investing \u00a3150 million \u2013 will be signed on 22 November.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mundell said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today\u2019s meeting was a constructive one, with everyone committed to doing everything possible to support the Michelin workers, and help find innovative proposals for a new future for the factory. That is the Action Group\u2019s priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We also need to ensure the Dundee and wider Tay economies are as robust as possible. That is why I have today announced a \u00a35 million investment in Dundee\u2019s world-leading games industry through the UK Government\u2019s Industrial Strategy. I look forward to signing the Tay Cities Deal later this month, which will bring a \u00a3150 million UK Government investment to Tayside, boosting jobs and prosperity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u00a35 million games industry funding, part of the UK Government\u2019s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, will go to the InGAME project. Led by Abertay University, it brings together a number of games companies, the University of Dundee and the University of St Andrews in a dedicated research and development centre. Based in Dundee, it will provide product, service and experience innovation to games companies across the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Mundell confirms that Tay Cities Deal will be signed on 22 November, and \u00a35m separate funding for Dundee\u2019s gaming sector<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}