My Future's in Falkirk

Falkirk Council has a pivotal role in the life of our communities, delivering vital services such as education, social work and housing to the area’s 145,000 residents. These services are delivered by around 7,000 employees, making the Council one of the largest employers in the area. With a revenue budget of £255 million in 2004/05, the Council also has a significant impact on the local economy. Falkirk Council is committed to making the Falkirk area a better place to live, work and visit by working with our partners and our communities to:

• increase jobs, income and enterprise for all our citizens;
• enable people to live safely and healthily;
• tackle disadvantage and discrimination;
• create and sustain an environment in which people want to live, work and visit; and
• stimulate working partnerships amongst agencies, organisations, citizens and communities.

My Future’s in Falkirk demonstrates that commitment in action and Falkirk Council is confident it will deliver a better future for everyone in the area.

 

BP is one of the world's largest oil companies. It operates in 100 countries with well-established businesses in Europe, North and South America, Australasia and Africa. BP operates the Forties Pipeline System, which transports North Sea Oil and Gas to acrude oil stabilisation plant at Kinneil, near Grangemouth, 35km west of Edinburgh. BP is committed to Scotland and to a number of community programmes around its operating centres. BP, through its Kinneil operations is a major business in the Falkirk area, and is proud to support the My Future's in Falkirk initiative.

 

Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley is one of 12 local enterprise companies - or LECs – which are located across the southern half of Scotland, from the Grampians right down to the Borders. Working in partnership with the private and public sectors, Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley aims to secure the long-term future of the Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling economies by making its industries more competitive. This means helping business start-ups and existing companies to grow; promoting and encourage exporting; attracting inward investment; and developing skills. Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley is working to commercialise academic ideas into good business opportunities and promote e-business, globalisation and economic inclusion.

 

The Grangemouth refining and petrochemicals complex produces over nine million litres of clean fuel products per day and around two million tonnes of chemical products per year. INEOS is the world's third largest chemicals company, comprising 19 businesses with a production network spanning 76 manufacturing facilities in 20 countries.