Firms unveil $14b Scottish investment

Chinese companies eye big prospects in infrastructure

China's involvement in Scotland's infrastructure projects will help improve its ground commuting system and is expected to spur local employment, industry experts said on Tuesday.

Scotland signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday with Chinese investment group SinoFortone Group and China Railway No 3 Engineering Group, the largest construction company in the world, to bring about infrastructure projects with a potential value of 10 billion pounds ($14.3 billion).