Borders Innovation Park

The Central Borders Innovation Park, situated next to the Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank, will deliver much-needed high quality business space to the Scottish Borders.

Costing £29 million, the project will stimulate business growth and associated job creation, enhancing the area’s inward investment offer, particularly to high-value sectors, as well as assisting existing businesses to improve their competitiveness. It will also help to address inequalities in the area through providing access to better quality, higher paid jobs.

Spread over three phases of development, phase 1 was completed during 2021 in conjuction with Ogilvie construction.

A programme of investment in economic infrastructure

This project is part of a wider investment in economic infrastructure programme in Fife and the Scottish Borders. This  will ensure that businesses and communities across the city region are fully able to engage in the data-driven innovation opportunities, including industrial and business premises, to ensure maximum impact from the innovation investment.

Working closely with the region’s universities, the local authorities and their local business forum/economy partnership will also develop new approaches to stimulating innovation activity.

This will be achieved through a range of innovation activities with a focus on digital technologies and data and the circular, low carbon economy. The ambition is to have more innovation-active businesses in Fife and Scottish Borders