TopGolf

TopGolf opened in December 2022, offering a range of high-tech golf games, food and drink, and entertainment with events spaces and meeting rooms also available. Once developer Ashfield Land announced TopGolf was coming to Rutherglen, local partners came together to support the company to ensure the development would deliver jobs for local people and provide opportunities for local suppliers. The group consisting of TopGolf, Clyde Gateway, South Lanarkshire Council, Skills Development Scotland, Routes to Work South and Job Centre Plus who worked together over the months leading up to the opening of the facility to ensure a successful result.

Of the new jobs, a number have been ring fenced for young people aged 16-17 helping to tackle youth unemployment in the area. Since launching, the partnership has engaged with over 100 people out of work in South Lanarkshire.

A key part of the partnership’s remit was to ensure that local suppliers were identified and supported as much as possible, with 30 local businesses attending a bespoke “meet the buyer” event.