Editing Glasgow (section)

==Economy==
{{main|Economy of Glasgow}}
[[File:Clyde Place - geograph.org.uk - 5803475.jpg|thumb|right|The [[International Financial Services District]] (IFSD), nicknamed "[[Wall Street]] on the [[River Clyde|clyde]]", the 39th largest financial centre globally in 2012<ref>{{cite web |title='Wall Street on the Clyde' in world Top 40 |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/13239425.wall-street-on-the-clyde-in-world-top-40/ |website=Glasgow Times |access-date=6 February 2025 |language=en |date=26 September 2012}}</ref>]]

Glasgow has the largest [[Economy of Scotland|economy in Scotland]]<ref name="bbc.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-42443811 |title=Glasgow remains biggest city economy |work=BBC News |date=21 December 2017 |access-date=30 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003140510/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-42443811 |archive-date=3 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and is at the hub of the metropolitan area of West Central Scotland. The city itself sustains more than 410,000 jobs in more than 12,000 companies. More than 153,000 jobs were created in the city between 2000 and 2005&nbsp;– a growth rate of 32%.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,1572109,00.html |title=Jobs boom on Clyde reverses decline |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=12 December 2007 |last=Seenan |first=Gerrard |date=17 September 2005}}</ref> Glasgow's annual economic growth rate of 4.4% is now second only to that of London. In 2005, more than 17,000 new jobs were created, and 2006 saw private-sector investment in the city reaching £4.2&nbsp;billion, an increase of 22% in a single year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotland.org/about/innovation-and-creativity/features/business/glasgow-flourish.html |title=Let Glasgow Flourish |publisher=Scotland.org |date=April 2007 |access-date=9 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928044427/http://www.scotland.org/about/innovation-and-creativity/features/business/glasgow-flourish.html |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 55% of the residents in the [[Greater Glasgow]] area commute to the city every day.

Once dominant export orientated manufacturing industries such as shipbuilding and other heavy engineering have been gradually replaced in importance by more diversified forms of economic activity, although major manufacturing firms continue to be headquartered in the city, such as [[Aggreko]], [[Weir Group]], [[Jim McColl|Clyde Blowers]], [[James Howden|Howden]], [[Linn Products]], [[Firebrand Games]], [[William Grant & Sons]], [[Whyte and Mackay]], [[The Edrington Group]], [[British Polar Engines]] and [[Albion Motors]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotland.org/about/glasgow-and-surrounding-areas/index.html |title=Glasgow and Surrounding Areas |publisher=Scotland Online Gateway |access-date=9 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070720043257/http://www.scotland.org/about/glasgow-and-surrounding-areas/index.html |archive-date=20 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2023, major industries in the Glasgow City Region contributing to the economy of the city were public admin education & health, distribution, hotels & restaurants, banking, finance and insurance services and transport & communication.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glasgow Economy {{!}} Prosperus UK Cities {{!}} Invest Glasgow |url=https://www.investglasgow.com/why-glasgow/economy |website=www.investglasgow.com |access-date=16 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>