UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill: island communities impact assessment

Step Two – Gather your data and identify your stakeholders

• What data is available about the current situation in the islands?
• Who are your key stakeholders?
• How does any existing data differ between islands?
• Are there any existing design features or mitigations in place?

We are not aware of any evidence related to the impacts of the UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2020 and associated regulations on the islands.

Glasgow City Council confirmed on 18 February 2025 that none of its street traders licensed for areas potentially affected by the Bill live on the islands. Police Scotland has advised there may be individuals living on the islands who have a pedlar’s licence but this number will be very small. A pedlar’s licence allows a pedlar to trade anywhere in the UK. Potentially people from the islands could apply for a street trading licence to operate in Glasgow, or for a pedlar’s licence, after this assessment is published, but we expect numbers to remain very low. There is no evidence to indicate whether any advertisers or advertising space owners, based on the islands, operate in Glasgow. But if there are any, we would expect the number of those affected by the Bill to be minimal.

The economic impact assessment of EURO 2020 commissioned by the Scottish Football Association, involved a Hampden matches survey. This drew on a sample of 740 attendees (in person at four EURO 2020 matches hosted at Hampden Stadium in Glasgow and also a follow-up online survey). Looking at the in-person respondents’ locations across the UK, only a very small proportion- of survey respondents were from the Islands (Orkney). The report states that “looking more closely at Scotland, visitors [to EURO 2020] are concentrated across the central belt, with considerable numbers from other major population centres, such as Dundee, Aberdeen, and Inverness.”

As EURO 2028 will take place in Glasgow, there are no island stakeholder organisations with a direct interest in this event. Lead stakeholders at national level are: Scottish Government; Glasgow City Council; Glasgow Life; UEFA, Scottish Football Association; and Police Scotland.

There are no existing design features or mitigations in place related to the islands as we assess the impacts on the islands to be minimal.