OPERATORS Show Appetite For Vacated Pizza Express Premises

by Jeremy Burrows | Jan 23, 2021 | Food and Drink

THE demise of the remaining Pizza Express outlets in Glasgow has proved an opportunity for two restaurant operators. The city centre location in Queen Street is due to open in the summer as the latest Blue Lagoon fish and chip eatery. And the former Pizza Express in...

FUNDING For Work On Iconic Glasgow Crane Included In £5Million Clyde Mission Boost To City

by Jeremy Burrows | Jan 23, 2021 | Listed / Historic Buildings

CLYDE Mission funding totalling £5million to has been awarded to Glasgow projects including money for urgent repairs to the Finnieston Crane. The Clyde Mission aims to use the Clyde to drive sustainable and inclusive growth for the city, the region and Scotland and is...

GO-Ahead Given For Flats On Site Of Old Govanhill Drill Hall

by Jeremy Burrows | Jan 22, 2021 | Residential

PLANNERS have approved 24 flats for social rent on a gap site in Govanhill. The five-storey block will be built in Butterbiggins Road by Govanhill Housing Association. The site used to be occupied by the Lanarkshire Volunteer Artillery drill hall building, which was...

HISTORIC Scotland Street School Set To Become Place Of Learning Again

by Jeremy Burrows | Jan 21, 2021 | Listed / Historic Buildings

A £2.8MILLION plan to safeguard Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Scotland Street School masterpiece includes locating a pre-five facility in the much-loved building. Glasgow City Council officials are asking councillors to approve the proposal to meet the need for...

APPROVAL Urged For Alexandra Parade Drive-Thru Starbucks Despite Objections

by Jeremy Burrows | Jan 21, 2021 | Food and Drink

CITY planners are recommending that Glasgow councillors give the go-ahead for a drive-thru Starbucks coffee shop on Alexandra Parade. The council’s planning committee is due to consider the proposal next week. The drive-thru would be developed in the grounds of...