A Vision for Ravenscraig (2008)

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Until the early 1990s Ravencraig stood as an icon of traditional Scottish Industry. The steel making capital of Scotland, featuring the largest hot strip steel mill in Europe, Ravenscraig represented the nucleus of an economic community involving 11,000 jobs.

The closure of the mill in 1991 marked the start of a twenty year journey and one of the most ambitious regeneration programmes in Europe.

Led by a consortium of public and private sector organisations, and underpinned by anchor projects such as the re-development of Motherwell College and the creation of a new regional sports centre, the key elements fell into place.

In 2007 BusinessLab was commissioned to advise the key stakeholders, Wilson Bowden, Barratt Developments, Scottish Enterprise and Corus, as well as the local authority, on the development of a new vision for the project. The work involved research into regeneration programmes world-wide and drew extensively from BusinessLab's experience in working with other regeneration pathfinders.

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