GLASGOW BUSINESS JULY/AUGUST 2013
CONTENTS/PRESIDENT
Varry McMenemy, President
president@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
Celebrating those who give something back
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We are delighted to announce the latest addition to our packed programme of events – the Glasgow: Inspiring City Awards – to be held this year in September. The Glasgow: Inspiring City
Awards, launched with our partner for this event, The Herald, will recognise a generation of Glasgow citizens who are going above and beyond to contribute to the cultural and economic life of the city. It is very striking to see how many
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of the great Chamber figures of the past who we have been celebrating in our Chamber Champions series have been individuals who have made a contribution to civic life way beyond what they did in their day-to-day working lives. We have been
News
Chamber news Glasgow news Partner news Member news New members
Events
Past and forthcoming events 16 Glasgow Talks
International trade Forthcoming training
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Features Crowdfunding
Life sciences
Health and safety Credit management
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Conferences and exhibitions 37 Glasgow Business Awards 40 Chamber champion Member profile
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Column BIG Talks
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celebrating the past contribution of people such as Kirkman Finlay, David Dale and, in this issue, Sir Hugh Fraser, who made such a remarkable charitable contribution to Scotland. We want to find, acknowledge and celebrate the equivalent businessmen and women today who are giving something back. We look forward to all your nominations for the awards in this inaugural year. The Glasgow: Inspiring City Awards will be an addition to an already full and highly successful programme of events from your Chamber. The programme includes our Glasgow Talks series from business leaders and other speakers providing real insight for our businesses, our city and our collective attempts to boost our economy. If you haven’t already tried
Glasgow Talks yet then I would urge you to do so – you really don’t know what you are missing. In the last session, our leading speakers have included Martin Wolf, Assistant Editor
and Chief Economic Commentator of The Financial Times and Professor Anton Muscatelli, Principal of the University of Glasgow, with a fascinating look at the economy in relation to the crisis and the independence referendum debate. We also heard from two Scottish
business executives leading global companies from Scotland, Keith Cochrane of the Weir Group and Sir Brian Souter, Chairman of Stagecoach. We also heard from Martin Powell, Head of Urban Development at Siemens, giving a look into the future and how cities like Glasgow can and should develop (there will be a report on this talk in the next issue of Glasgow Business). Forthcoming Glasgow Talks include a presentation on the Glasgow Commonwealth Games from David Grevemberg, Chief Executive of Glasgow 2014 and Sir Craig
Reedie, whose latest role is Executive Counsel to Lord
Smith, Chairman of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Also look out for details to be
announced of our events on Health and Life Sciences, a sector we feature in this issue of Glasgow Business. The Glasgow Talks on Health and Life Sciences will feature Professor Anna Dominiczak, Vice-Principal and Head of College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences of the University of Glasgow and Peter Sylvester, President of Life Technologies for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Longer term, we shall hear from
Colin Matthews, Chief Executive of Heathrow Airport Holdings – as the airports business formerly known as BAA is now called – on the airports business which includes our own Glasgow International Airport. Please come along and spread the word about this programme of events.
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