Parliamentary Reception: A Celebration of Towns in Scotland

The reception provides the opportunity to celebrate towns in Scotland under the banner of 'Living Well Locally'. Towns and town centres are at the heart of driving economic growth and embracing localism, playing a key role for our people, planet and place. The event is also a chance to bring stakeholders together to hear the latest developments around Scotland’s towns.

Agenda

17:30 Guests Arrival
17:50 Guests Escorted to the Burns Room
18:00 Networking

18:15 Welcome
Meghan Gallacher MSP, Convener, Cross Party Group for Towns and Town Centres

18:20 Ministerial Address
Tom Arthur MSP, Minister for Employment and Investment

A Celebration of Towns in Scotland – Living Well Locally
18:30 Councillor Gail Macgregor, Environment and Economy Spokesperson, COSLA

18:40 Rural and Island Focus: Fergus Murray, Head of Development & Economic Growth, Argyll and Bute Council

18:47 Urban Focus: Alasdair Morrison, Head of Economy and Development, Renfrewshire Council 

18:55 Closing Remarks
Kimberley Guthrie, Chief Officer, Scotland’s Towns Partnership

19:00 Networking 
20:00 Close

Privacy

To support networking and help you get the most out of our event, we will provide those coming with a list of the names and organisational affiliation of those attending.

Furthermore, we typically take photographs of proceedings in order to highlight or showcase STP’s activities.

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