Delay for Grangemouth plan

The Scottish Government has announced a plan for the Grangemouth refinery will be delayed.

Ministers say the Just Transition plan will be unveiled in spring.

400 jobs are set to go next year, as the refinery closes.

Petroineos is turning the site into a fuel import terminal.

Concerns have been raised about the future of jobs in the town.

Speaking at Holyrood, climate minister Alasdair Allan said:

“The Scottish Government has long understood the criticality of that wider Grangemouth cluster, and that is why we made a commitment to develop a just transition plan, which set a clear direction for the future of the whole site and recognised the need for that change in the future,” the minister said.

“Today, I’d like to update Parliament that we have taken the decision to introduce a short delay to the development of the Grangemouth plan.”