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Publication - Minutes

Grangemouth Future Industry Board Programme Board minutes: October 2025

Published
20 January 2026
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy
Date of meeting
1 October 2025

Minutes from the meeting of the group on 1 October 2025.

Part of

Attendees and apologies

  • Arup
  • Calachem
  • Celtic Renewables
  • CVS Fakirk
  • Falkirk Council 
  • Forth Green Freeport
  • Forth Valley College
  • Federation of Small Businesses
  • Grangemouth Community Council
  • INEOS 
  • NECCUS
  • NESO
  • NWF
  • Piramal
  • RWE
  • Skills Development Scotland
  • Scottish Enterprise
  • Scottish Futures Trust
  • Scottish Government
  • SDI
  • SEPA
  • Statera
  • Storegga
  • Syngenta
  • UK Government
  • Unite the Union

Items and actions

The Chair welcomed attendees and noted apologies. Actions from the previous meeting were discussed and objectives for the meeting set out. The minutes from the previous meeting were agreed. 

Scottish Government and UK Government provided an update on activity since the previous meeting of the GFIB Programme Board. 

CVS Falkirk updated on ongoing community work. 

Skills Development Scotland provided an update on the Forth Valley Regional Skills Action Plan. 

Forth Valley College provided an update on the Skills Transition Centre and on the reskilling support provided to Petroineos and INEOS O&P workers facing redundancy as a direct result of the closure of the Grangemouth Refinery.
 
Scottish Enterprise then provided an update on the progress of the Investment Taskforce.

An update on the Grangemouth Cluster Strategy followed. Scottish Enterprise have developed an infrastructure plan to drive delivery of the Strategy. 

Falkirk Council provided a short update on Grangemouth Transport Study work. 

Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Government then introduced the proposed new ways of working for GFIB Programme Board. The workstreams have been refreshed to align with the structure and objectives of the Grangemouth Just Transition Plan. The full GFIB Programme Board meetings will now take place quarterly and will focus on reviewing progress across the workstreams, coordinating activity and addressing cross-cutting issues. 

The Chair thanked participants for their contributions to the discussion and closed the meeting. 

 

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