CRO Services in Bellshill (Glasgow), Scotland

PPD delivers CRO services such as clinical development, biostatistics, project management and data management services from its facilities in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Located in the Strathclyde Business Park, PPD currently has offices in Fleming House and Avondale House, with a third facility planned in the near future.

Bellshill is situated in the greater Glasgow metropolitan area, about 12 miles east of the city center. Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, one of Europe’s top 20 financial centers and home to many of the country’s leading businesses.

• Glasgow is the largest and most dynamic economy in Scotland; more than 12,000 companies are located in the metropolitan area, which has experienced a job growth rate of 32 percent since 2000; Glasgow's annual economic growth rate is 4.4 percent, second only to that of London in the United Kingdom

• Key growing industries in the area include financial services, life sciences, biomedical science, engineering and technology

• Most of Scotland's national arts organizations are based in Glasgow, including Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet, The National Theatre of Scotland, Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and National Youth Theatre of Scotland

• Glasgow is home to a variety of theatres, including The King's Theatre, Theatre Royal and the Citizens' Theatre, and to many municipal museums and art galleries, such as the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) and the Burrell Collection

• Festivals virtually fill the calendar, including the Glasgow Comedy Festival, Glasgow Jazz Festival, Celtic Connections, Glasgow Film Festival, West End Festival and the World Pipe Band Championships

• Professional sports in Glasgow include three football clubs: Celtic, Rangers and Partick Thistle; a rugby union club, the Glasgow Warriors; and a basketball team, the Scottish Rocks. Glasgow is also one of five places in Scotland that hosts the final of the Scottish Cup of Shinty, better known as the Camanachd Cup

• With 70 parks within its municipal boundaries, Glassgow’s public parks offer an extensive range of activities, including football, playgrounds, orienteering trails and bowling greens

• There are 119 quality golf courses in the Glasgow area; the stunning Tom Weiskopf-designed Loch Lomond is the most notable of all, but Buchanan Castle, Westerwood and Esporta Dougalston present formidable golfing challenges and are within easy reach from Glasgow

• Lanarkshire has a broad range of housing to suit all budgets and requirements; the average house price in Lanarkshire is less expensive than Scotland as a whole

• There are 158 primary and 47 secondary schools in Lanarkshire; universities in the area include Glasgow University, Glasgow Caledonian University, Strathclyde University and University of the West of Scotland