12 . Glasgow Business August 2014


Retail Gold star for St Enoch retailers in silver anniversary awards


Debenhams, Hamleys and independent business Kimbles were among the traders to receive gold stars in St Enoch Centre’s silver anniversary BeST Retailer Awards. The awards, created to celebrate


St Enoch Centre’s 25th anniversary, were announced at a ceremony in the centre. Winners were voted for by Glasgow’s greatest retail experts – its shoppers – with 3,500 casting a vote. Debenhams scooped both Best


Joyce and John Kimble, owners of Kimbles in St Enoch Centre; Anne Ledgerwood, General Manager, St Enoch Centre, and Chris Kimble, Manager, Kimbles


Women’s and Best Men’s Fashion, while Kimbles cafe, deli and chocolate


Education


IT students are winners


Students from Glasgow Clyde College have triumphed in the World Skills Scottish heats for the third year in a row. Second-year student


James Carey came first in the IT Support Technician category, while James Wilson took second place in the Network Infrastructure Technician competition. It's the third year in a


row the College has come out on top in the Network Infrastructure Technician competition. Students from Cardonald College came second in the UK Finals in 2012 and won the Scottish heat in 2013. The competitions focus on the requirements for a successful career in the entrant’s chosen field. The Network


Infrastructure Technician competition includes the installation and maintenance of an ICT network, while the IT Support Technician competition tests the ability to configure IT hardware and software to meet a customer's requirements. Both students have now


qualified to participate in the final in November.


shop also scored a double with Best Food Outlet and Best Gifts and Treats. Hamleys, which remains the only branch of the toy store in Scotland, was winner of Best Children’s Store. Honours also went to retailers marking their own 25th anniversary in the centre, including TopShop, Clinton Cards, Boots, BHS and Debenhams, and long-service employees. St Enoch Centre was the first of its kind in Scotland and continues to be one of the country’s most popular shopping destinations.


Glasgow Caledonian University’s


Heart of the Campus project (image by project architects, Page\Park)


Education A vision in glass and


brick for Caledonian ȣ30 million project to revitalise University buildings


G


lasgow Caledonian University’s £30 million Heart of the Campus project is under way.


It will create state-of-the-art


academic teaching and research spaces and inspiring social areas. Over the next two years, the


lower floors of two buildings, the George Moore and Hamish Wood, will be transformed and stronger connection routes will be created between the two buildings and the award-winning Saltire Centre to further promote creativity, interdisciplinary ideas and cultural and learning development.


Outdoor space will also be


revitalised with the introduction of three landscaped courtyards. Te first phase of development focuses on the ground and first floors of the George Moore building from June 2014 until summer 2015. Te ground floor will be the home of the University restaurant and social learning space with the first floor dedicated to Student Services which will be located in an easily accessible and highly visible location. Te spotlight will then fall on the Hamish Wood ground and


first floors which will be under construction from summer 2015 to spring 2016. A glass pavilion at the front of


the Hamish Wood will be a new gateway for the University. It will lead to multi-purpose classrooms and a 500-seat flexible lecture theatre for exams, graduations, conferences and events. It’s part of a longer-term


redevelopment strategy for the Hamish Wood which is expected to see the complete refurbishment of the building phased over a number of years, and which will require further investment.


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