Editing Clydebank (section)

==Employment==
[[File:New Clydebank waterfront - geograph.org.uk - 587115.jpg|thumb|New Clydebank Waterfront at the former [[John Brown & Company]] shipyard, including the new [[Clydebank College]] campus and the restored [[Titan Clydebank|Titan Crane]].]]
The town currently has a fairly moderate official unemployment rate of around 6%, however 20% of the population are described by Scottish National Statistics as "employment deprived".<ref>http://www.sns.gov.uk/Reports/Report.aspx?ReportId=1&PostCode=G81%201BF{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

A major employer in the town was its founding firm, the [[John Brown & Company]] shipyard, which built several well-known ships, including the {{RMS|Lusitania}}, ''[[RMS Queen Mary|Queen Mary]]'', ''[[RMS Queen Elizabeth|Queen Elizabeth]]'', and ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]'', as well as the warship {{HMS|Hood|51|6}}. Later it became part of [[Upper Clyde Shipbuilders]], which was the scene of a famous [[Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-in|"work-in"]] in the 1970s. The yard and associated engineering works continued to operate under a succession of owners until it was closed in 2000. The site has been redeveloped, with tourist attractions such as the [[Titan Clydebank]] Crane and a new campus for [[Clydebank College]], part of the merged institution [[West College Scotland]].

[[Singer Corporation]] was also a major industry in Clydebank, providing thousands of jobs to the townsfolk but closed in 1980, with the Clydebank Business Park later created where its famous building used to stand (next to where [[Singer railway station]] is now).

The town is home to the independent [[Clydebank Co-operative Society]] which has a number of outlets in the town. The town's main department store closed in 2013.