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Expansion Dumbreck Decorators brush up for more business


One of Scotland’s oldest decorating companies marked a big expansion of its operations across Scotland, including the creation of 20 jobs, with the official opening of its new headquarters in Govan by Glasgow’s Lord Provost, Sadie Docherty. Dumbreck Decorators, which has


roots going back to 1849 and offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, has extended its reach into the north of Scotland by winning two new major framework agreements for cyclical maintenance in the last 12 months. On the back of the new business,


it has increased its turnover by 27 per cent to £4.1 million, opened a


School programme


Patron paves the way for expansion


Glasgow-based accountant Khalid Javid recently agreed to support Mosaic's work to expand operations in the next academic year to Scotland. Khalid has pledged support through the Mosaic Patrons scheme that will enable Mosaic's mentoring programmes in schools to be delivered north of the border, starting in Glasgow, from September 2014. Supported by Khalid, Mosaic


will be developing partnerships with other business leaders in and around Glasgow to ensure that young people from disadvantaged communities in Glasgow are able to benefit from Mosaic's award- winning mentoring programmes. Mosaic will also work with sister charity Scottish Business in the Community.


apprentices this year alone, bringing the total currently being trained by the firm to 14, who are all at various stages of their Modern Apprenticeship in Painting and Decorating. In addition, the company has invested in a fleet of 14 new vehicles. Dumbreck Decorators recently


Glasgow’s Lord Provost Sadie Docherty with Mark Johnston, Managing Director, Dumbreck Decorators and company apprentices


new office in Forfar and created 20 new full-time jobs for tradesmen as well as a new surveyor position and


a storeman for its larger premises in Govan.


It has also recruited seven


won the Working Together Award in the inaugural Inspiring City Awards organised by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and The Herald, for its contribution to improving the social fabric of Glasgow by recruiting, training and giving experience to the city’s young people.


From left: Shabir Randeree CBE, Khalid Javid and Mosaic’s National Director Jonathan Freeman


Business development


Eureka moment for music dealer


UK music dealer, Westside Distribution, has turned to Eureka Solutions to stay on top of its business intelligence systems. The company’s strong growth made it


critical that their business systems were capable of controlling and managing that growth. That was why they turned to Eureka Solutions, the award-winning provider of business systems based in Lanarkshire. Eureka Solutions recommended


Mosaic's programmes are aimed


at those growing up in the most disadvantaged communities, with a particular – but not exclusive – focus on those from Muslim backgrounds. Scotland is home to 60,000 Muslims, more than half


of whom live in Glasgow. Among all the religious groups in Scotland, Muslims have the largest youth profile, with 31 per cent under 16. Socio-economic data about Scottish Muslims gives a clear business case for Mosaic's programmes.


QlikView, the market's leading business discovery solution. It provides self-service business intelligence and empowers users to access the information they need to perform rather than relying on IT to create the reports for them. Eureka Solutions has also won


a significant contract with import and distribution company Stranded Wholesale. The deal ranges from financial


and stock management to customer relationship management.


Successful lunch-time talks at The Merchants House for scholars and curious public This innovative venture to bring


The University of Glasgow’s Centre for Open Learning, in partnership with The Merchants House of Glasgow, presented a short series of lunch-time talks in The Merchants House of Glasgow, 7 West George Street, during the month of November.


The talks included: The Glasgow


a variety of topics at university level to the members of the Merchants House and to members of the public was very well received and will be followed up with a second series of lunch-time talks in February 2014.


Boys by Dr Maureen Park; Hieroglyphs in an hour By Dr Angela McDonald; How should we remember President Kennedy? and Everything you always wanted to know about learning a foreign language.


Roderick Macpherson of the


Merchants House said: “What an excellent use for our beautiful hall: to be Glasgow’s welcoming place for scholars and the curious public, in search of the most improving lunch- hour in town.”


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