What is the main industry in Glasgow?

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is it easy to get work?

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Figures quoted on the Scottish Enterprise website (2005) suggest jobgrowth is considerable in Glasgow:

'Glasgow continues to be Scotland鈥檚 jobs hotspot according to latest employment figures.

The city continues to show an employment growth rate higher than most of its UK rivals, including London.

Glasgow is now home to around 400,000 jobs in total with the financial and business services sector outshining all others.'

Also mentioned on the Scottish Enterprise site:

Jobcentre Plus information on vacancies April 2004 to March 2005, suggest the greatest numbers of vacancies were in:
鈥?Elementary Administration and Service Occupations (22,100 vacancies);
鈥?Sales Occupations (14,000 vacancies);
鈥?Financial and Business Services (27,000 vacancies);
鈥?Wholesale/Retail Distribution and Repair (14,100 vacancies);
鈥?Hotels and Catering (12,900 vacancies);

I don't know about easy, but these figures would suggest that there is definitely a strong demand. So check out some jobsites, you might find something you like! Source(s): http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/sedot...

http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/sedot...

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Trade with the Americas (tobacco and sugar) began from mid 17thC. From around 1800 cotton was the biggest import and from this textile industries grew. Exploitation of coal and iron followed and with a dredged and narrowed Clyde, Glasgow became a port and shipbuilding centre. By the end of the 19thC Glasgow had become the 'second city of the British Empire' and 'second city of Europe' (after London). Grand hotels, offices, shops, galleries, theatres, new university buildings, squares, parks and bridges from this era are a major feature of Glasgow's landscape.

Now
Although the heavy industry benefited (if I dare put it that way) from the two world wars there was decline in traditional industries through the 20thC. After WWI there was unrest on Red Clydeside and the depression. After WWII huge areas of slum industrial housing was cleared but the new areas created on the fringes of the city with few amenities brought there own problems. The heavy industry has all but disappeared and shipbuilding is a tiny shadow of it's peak. But new industries and employment (often high tech) have evolved and Glasgow has become the hub of the new towns which have grown up since WWII around it.

Late 20thC Glasgow has much to offer: an attractive Victorian city centre with vibrant businesses, shops and entertainment. There are parks, museums and galleries around the city and a transport system allows access to the coast, the country or the highlands in less than an hour. Glasgow has 3 of Scotland's 10 most visited tourist attractions:

Kelvingrove Gallery and Museum
Glasgow Botanical Gardens
Museum of Transport

also, there's .....

Burrell Collection
Cathedral (12/13thC)
The People's Palace
Hunterian Art Gallery
Pollock House
Hagg's Castle
St Enoch's Centre (shopping mall)
The Underground (known affectionately as the 'Clockwork Orange')

... and much more.
http://www.scotsmart.com/info/general/gl...