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Appointments
New Deacon Convener and Collector for Trades House
The Trades House of Glasgow bell rang out across the city recently as Hamish Brodie was appointed Deacon Convener of this charitable organisation, which grants in the region of £600,000 each year to good causes and manages funds in excess of £18 million. The retired Chartered Engineer
and former Chairman of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (Scottish Region) will lead the Trades House until October 2014. He will also become Third Citizen of Glasgow during his term in offi ce. Ruth Maltman made history as she became Collector, a role that will see her support the Deacon
Networking Rangers’ new business initiative proving a big success
As part of the Rangers Business Alliance, the club has introduced the By Offi cial Appointment (BOA) programme which is proving popular with several enquiries each week. The BOA programme has been established to tap into the buying power of the club’s supporters and businesses, enabling BOA businesses to increase their customer base and net sales. NCS Ltd is the latest company to sign up to the BOA programme.
Vivien Kyles, Chief Executive
Dil Srivastava, Managing Director of NCS, said: “We are delighted to join the By Offi cial Appointment programme as the Club’s Offi cial Partner as it provides a great platform to network with like- minded businesses and strengthen our business in the local area.” There are a number of levels within
the programme. Standard benefi ts include access to the fans’ purchasing power via website/directory; invites to attend Rangers Business Alliance
Appointment
Businesswoman to help hospice cover running costs with fundraising drive
Marie Curie Cancer Care has announced the appointment of Scottish businesswoman Vivien Kyles to its Glasgow development board. Kyles, Chief Executive of Hamilton Park
Racecourse and owner of Arabesque jewellery store in Glasgow’s West End, has been invited to assist with the charity’s ongoing fundraising drive, required to support “substantial running costs” of Marie Curie’s Glasgow Hospice. The relationship has already seen Hamilton Park welcome Hospice outpatients and their families as
guests in private boxes at summer meetings. The Marie Curie Hospice in Glasgow provides
expert care and the best possible quality of life for people with cancer and other illnesses and support for their families, completely free of charge. Based in Stobhill, the Hospice reopened in
2010 following a £16.1 million “Big Build Appeal”. The Hospice’s annual running costs are more than £5 million, and while the charity receives around half its funding from the NHS, it needs to raise the remaining 50 per cent from voluntary income.
Networking Events; company listing on the club’s offi cial website; matchday programme listing; and company database acknowledgement to more than 738,000. The BOA programme works with
a select group of businesses who will be invited to become the club’s exclusive BOA partner within industry classifi cations or categories per region with businesses paying a subscription to secure the benefi ts for a season.
Partnership
Hamish Brodie, Deacon Convener with Ruth Maltman, Collector, Trades House
Eye on the landscape for top job
A partnership helping unemployed people back into work has been hailed a success after more than 54 customers found jobs with ISS Landscaping this year alone. ISS Landscaping has been
Convener. She is the fi rst female to be appointed to the post since the Trades House was established in 1605. Ruth, a civil servant, will oversee the fi nances of the House, including the investments that ultimately provide funds for the organisation’s charitable giving. Welcoming them both into
offi ce was the Trades House bell, which hangs in the dome of the
Trades Hall of Glasgow located in the Merchant City at 85 Glassford Street. This has been the ancestral home to the Trades House and its 14 Incorporated Crafts since it was completed in 1794 by prominent Scottish architect Robert Adam. As well as a wide variety of benevolent work, the organisation continues to promote traditional craft skills, alongside new technologies.
working in partnership with the Wise Group for the last seven years. During that time it has provided work experience, placements and employment to Wise Group customers. This year ISS has recruited its
largest ever intake from the Wise Group by employing 54 customers of which 40 are still employed with them, (74 per cent sustainment rate), the highest it has ever been. ISS has also committed to
provide more than 50 work placements for the Employability Fund Contract ensuring that customers are obtaining good quality work experience to complement their intensive training programme to gain their Certifi cate of Work Readiness. The areas that this contract covers are North and South Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and North, East and South Ayrshire.
This partnership is a great
example of a third sector organisation working with a large private sector employer to support customers into sustainable employment.
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