Glasgow's International Financial Services District (IFSD) has
attracted 15,500 jobs over the past ten years. The jobs figure is
one of a number of key statistics published in an economic study,
commissioned by Scottish Enterprise, to coincide with the
District's tenth anniversary.
On the list of companies creating jobs in the IFSD over the past
ten years are some of the biggest names in global finance including
Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Barclays Wealth, BNP Paribas, HSBC,
esure and Aon.
The new study, undertaken by EKOS, also confirmed that, over ten
years, since the IFSD's launch in 2001, 2.75 million sq ft of new
or significantly upgraded Grade A office space has been created in
the IFSD, along with 1,600 hotel rooms, 700 residential apartments
and 100,000 sq ft of retail and leisure floorspace.
Speaking at a networking event to mark the tenth anniversary of
the IFSD, Stuart Vann, esure's
chief operating officer, confirmed esure would recruit 150 people
in Glasgow over the next two years, including roles to support its
recent new venture, esure Broker. He said, "Glasgow is resilient,
it is superbly resourced, it has the right infrastructure, the
right people and quite simply, the right attitude for
business."