Areas of Southern Scotland are set to benefit from increased business expansion and inward investment as a result of a £2.4m funding injection from Scottish Enterprise.

The economic development agency for Scotland will lead the creation of 12,000 square feet of new business space across Gretna, Lockerbie and Anna (GLA), with a mixture of office and light industrial accommodation available for let as part of an aim to grow the Dumfries and Galloway economy.