South Lanarkshire Council help new business get off the ground

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South Lanarkshire Council is supporting a popular new business in Hamilton.The Hang On Climbing Centre is becoming a hit destination for visitors after converting an empty unit in a shopping centre into one of the country’s largest climbing gyms.The venue focuses on bouldering, climbing without ropes and has a huge range of climbing walls to encourage beginners and challenge experts.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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For us being in this business together as a family helped us keep going though the pandemic, but I won’t deny that support measures for business including grants from the council were a big help too.“As we as a