Caledonian Economics has assisted its clients to mobilise investment funds for a range of major development projects, including:

The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland. We prepared an Economic Impact Assessment for The Garden in 2002, which helped raise £7 million for the second phase of its development. We also worked with The Garden to prepare its five-year Corporate Plan in 2004, mobilising a further £15 million for the third phase, involving the construction of a Pavilion as the centrepiece of Alnwick, which has been justly described as “the most magnificent public garden created in the United Kingdom for over a century” (Click here for further details)

The Royal Museum of Scotland. We prepared A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Development Proposals for the Royal Museum of Scotland in June 2005 to support funding bids by the National Museums of Scotland for an ambitious £44.5 million development of the Royal Museum in central Edinburgh . The project gained Stage One approval for a £16.8 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund in July 2005, and looks set to mobilise the balance of the funding for a project which, in the words of Dr Brian Lang, chair of HLF's Committee for Scotland , will “breathe new life into this beautiful building”. (Click here for further details)

The Great North Museum. In July 2005, we prepared An Assessment of the Economic Impact of the Proposed Development of the Great North Museum , Newcastle for the Great North Museum Partnership. The Partnership is proposing an ambitious project to create a new Great North Museum through the redevelopment of the existing Hancock Museum and the integration of the existing Hatton Gallery. The Museum will become a major magnet for visitors to the city of Newcastle , and form a key element within the Newcastle Cultural Quarter.

The Teesdale Rope Bridge. In 2003/04, we prepared a commercial feasibility study for a proposed Rope Bridge to be built over the Lower Tees near Barnard Castle in County Durham . At 700 feet long, the Bridge would be the longest pedestrian rope bridge in the world, exceeding even the Capilano Bridge in Canada , and providing breathtaking views over the Tees Valley to become a major visitor attraction which could generate significant new business opportunities for Lower Teesdale . (Click here for further details).