Towns and Town Centres

Purpose of the group

The purpose of the Group is to analyse policy prescriptions and develop ideas and innovations. This will help Scotland’s towns and town centres through the current economic climate to emerge stronger, smarter, cleaner, healthier and greener.  

Forthcoming meetings

Next meeting:

Agendas/Links

• Agenda for Meeting 21 September 2016 (168KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 7 December 2016 (171KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 13 September 2017 (185KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 26 September 2018 (190KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 11 December 2019 (176KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 4 March 2020 (87KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 9 September 2020 (102KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 9 December 2020 (118KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 10 March 2021 (125KB pdf)

Minutes

• Minutes of Meeting 21 September 2016 (442KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 7 December 2016 (637KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 8 March 2017 (175KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 13 September 2017 (833KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 14 March 2018 (200KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 13 June 2018 (800KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 26 September 2018 (344KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 05 December 2018 (279 KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 13 March 2019 (250KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 4 September 2019 (233KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 4 March 2020 (177KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 9 September 2020 (268KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 9 December 2020 (300KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 10 March 2021 (291KB pdf)

Annual Return/Report

• Registration form (210KB pdf)
• Annual return form 2017 (238KB pdf)  
• Annual return form 2018 (250KB pdf)
• Annual return form 2019 (350KB pdf)
• Annual return form 2020 (107Kb pdf)

Group Officers

Group Members

Non MSP Individuals

Matt Aitken 

Simon Baldwin

Valentina Bold

Raymond Boyle 

Maggie Broadley

Tom Campbell

Louise Casenave

Vivien Collie 

John Corbett

Gillian Cowell 

Scott Davidson

Peter de Vink 

Andrew Dixon 

Ian Fowell

Malcolm Fraser

Ros Halley 

Derek Harper 

Jianfeng Huang

Steve Hunt

Colin Kelly

Peter Liddell

Roseanne MacKay

Ross Martin 

Eva Milroy 

Sean McLaughlan

Brian McLeish

Rurigdh McMeddes

Dianne Miller 

Willie Miller

Ben Murray

Dennis Rodwell

Angus Ross

David Russell

Bill Sadler

Tom Sneddon

Phil Sykes 

James Trolland

Sunil Varu

Michael Vickers 

Derek Wilson 

Nick Wright

Organisations

Scotland's Towns Partnership – secretary

Architecture + Design Scotland

ABB Scotland

Aberdeenshire Council

Alliance Boots

Alloa Town Centre BID

Angus Council 

Argyll and Bute Council 

Association of Town and City Management

Barrhead BID

Big Lottery Fund

Boston Networks

BT

Built Environment Forum Scotland 

Business in the Community Scotland

Can Do Places

Carnegie UK Trust

Charity Retail Association 

City of Edinburgh Council 

CityFibre

CGI 

Colliers International

Crieff BID

Cupar and North Fife Tourism Association 

Cupar Development Trust 

Currie Brown

Cycling Scotland

Development Trusts Association Scotland

Dods

Dundee City Council 

Dunfermline Delivers

East Ayrshire Council 

East Dunbartonshire Council

East Kilbride Shopping Centre

East Lothian Council 

East Renfrewshire Council 

Economic Development Association Scotland

Energy Edge 

Falkirk Council 

Falkirk Delivers

Federation of Master Builders

Fife Council 

Fort William Town Team

FreshAyr

FSB Scotland

Future Hawick

Fyne Futures

Glasgow City Council 

Global Treasure App

Grampian Housing

Granton Improvement Society

Halliday Fraser Munro

Highland Council 

Highlands and Islands Enterprise 

Historic Environment Scotland

Institute of Retail Studies, University of Stirling

Interface

Intu Properties

Keep Scotland Beautiful

Kingsgate Shopping Centre

Kirkcaldy4All

Ladbrokes Coral 

Lanark Community Council 

Langbank Community Council 

Living Streets

Loop Connections

Lloyds TSB Foundation 

Miconex

Melrose Living 

Moffat and District Community 

Motherwell Town Centre

Museums Galleries Scotland

Natural Power 

Newmilns Regeneration Association

North Lanarkshire Council 

One Dalkeith

Pagoda Porter Novelli

Paisley First BID

Paths for All

People Scotland 

Perth and Kinross Council

PJ Leggate

Planning Aid Scotland

Prestwick Community Council 

Real Retail Solutions 

Renfrewshire Council

Retailers Against Crime 

RICS 

RTPI

Scotland’s Rural College

Scottish  Borders Council

Scottish Business Resilience Centre

Scottish Chambers of Commerce

Scottish Empty Homes Partnership 

Scottish Futures Trust

Scottish Grocers Federation

Scottish Power Energy Networks

Scottish Retail Consortium

Scottish Small Towns Group

South Ayrshire Council

South Lanarkshire Council 

Stirling BID  

Stirling Council

Stranraer Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme

SURF

Sustrans Scotland 

TACTRAN

The Democratic Society Scotland

The Retailer Group

Transform Scotland

USDAW

Vale of Leven Trust 

VisitScotland

Voluntary Action Fund

Weber Shandwick

West End BID 

West Lothian Council 

William Hill

WSP