Lomondgate is situated on the A82 north west of Dumbarton. The site lies within a 20 minute average drive time of Glasgow Airport and a 30 minute off peak journey to central Glasgow providing access to the M8 and onward destinations throughout Britain. For employees, the site is readily accessible via all modes of transport and is in walking distance from residential parts of Dumbarton.
A 35 minute peak hour Journey To Work Area provides a large catchment of close to 680,000 people with close to 68% being of working age. The working age population has experienced growth of over 2% since 2001 exceeding the Scottish average. The catchment is a relatively young area, containing a large proportion of residents in their twenties when compared nationally.
The catchment area labour pool amounts to 321,700 people with an additional group of over 33,500 currently economically inactive individuals expressing a preference to work given suitable employment opportunities. These often quoted barriers to work include poor access to childcare facilities and inflexible working hours.
The catchment reports higher than average rates of those employed by private firms operating in the service sector and, in particular, financial and business services when compared to Scottish average. This is also the case when considering employment by occupation, where proportionately more professional staff, sales and customer service staff and clerical occupations are reported in the recruitment catchment serving Lomondgate than in Scotland as a whole.
Over 200,000 residents hold an NVQ at Level 3 or higher, of which close to 50,000 are not working. These signify an important, skilled target group for recruitment. Furthermore, employers can draw upon graduates from six Universities in the wider area where over 15,000 students graduate annually. Particular strengths in areas of study include law and business studies.
Cost data for the catchment illustrate its non-city centre nature, with availability of staff across many different occupations at highly competitive rates below those in Glasgow and national average levels.
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