Plans submitted for £21m Scottish food hub Plans for a £21m food and drink industry hub in north east Scotland has been submitted for approval by Aberdeen City Council.
SeedPod will be located on Scotland Rural College’s (SRUC) Craibstone campus, near Aberdeen, and is designed to provide specialist support and facilities for growing start-up, early-stage and established businesses.
Features would include 12 commercial-grade manufacturing and production incubator units and two development kitchens and full-service managed production and storage space; presentation areas; co-working and collaboration space, and demonstration space to pilot processes and technology.
Funding pledges
The UK and Sottish governments have jointly provided £10m of capital funding via the Aberdeen City Region Deal (ACRD) – a partnership between both governments, Opportunity North East (ONE), Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council.