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Glasgow has made the shortlist to be home to Channel 4's new HQ and creative hubs.

The city has made it through the first round pitch process which was launched by C4 chief executive Alex Mahon.

Also through to the second stage are Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and the West Midlands.

Those in consideration to be a creative hub only are Belfast, Brighton, Newcastle-Gateshead, Nottingham, Sheffield and Stoke.

Glasgow's bid - chaired by Stuart Cosgrove - will now be visited by Channel 4 for a presentation and Q&A.

The final locations will be selected in October.

Cosgrove said: “We’re delighted that Channel 4 gets Glasgow and what the city has to offer.

“I’m looking forward to showing them much more over the summer.”

“Glasgow meets all the criteria for the new National HQ; but that’s just where our pitch starts, not where it ends.

“This is a young, educated, diverse city that is bursting with talent, attitude and potential. It is a real privilege to have the job of putting all of that in front of Channel 4. I think they’ll love it.”

Channel 4 said more than 30 submissions were received overall.

The broadcaster's chief commercial offer, Jonathan Allan - who has spearheaded the pitch process - said: "We've been incredibly impressed both by the number of pitches we received and by the high quality of the submissions - which has underlined the huge amount of creativity, innovation and talent right across the UK.

"However we have to move to a shortlist phase and, after careful consideration by the Channel 4 executive team, we've selected 13 cities that are best able to meet our vision for our new hubs in the Nations and Regions.

"We look forward to visiting all those on the shortlist as part of our second phase, but we will also be continuing to work with all cities and regions as part of our strategy to increase investment and support creative businesses, jobs and growth across the UK."

Channel 4's ‘4 All the UK strategy’ aims to move to a multi-site operating model, opening three new creative hubs in the Nations and Regions, home to 300 jobs.

One of the hubs will be a new national headquarters to parallel its existing London base.

Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: “It is tremendous news that Glasgow has been named on the shortlist for Channel 4’s new national headquarters.

“With its already-thriving film and TV sector and growing production community I believe that Glasgow is the ideal location.

"The city has one of the most vibrant cultural scenes in Europe and is already home to BBC Scotland, STV, more than 120 production companies, and the new National Film and Television School Scotland – which is backed with Scottish Government funding.

“I congratulate the bid team on all their hard work so far, and wish them the best of luck in this final part of the process.”