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Two recent Glasgow Talks events gave members a chance to hear about the success of engineering giant The Weir Group and the plans for transport in Glasgow
ORGANISATIONS ON THE MOVE G
lasgow has a vibrant future as a centre of engineering excellence, according
to Charles Berry in a Glasgow Talk in December. Mr Berry is the Chairman of
Te Weir Group which, as he told the audience, is a FTSE-100 company headquartered in Glasgow with a market capitalisation of around £4 billion and more than 15,000 employees worldwide. Mr Berry said that the group’s
target was to obtain between 5 and 10 per cent revenue growth – a growth ambition that would see the group growing faster than its end markets which were expected to grow by 4 to 7 per cent. He explained that those
growth ambitions would be achieved through the sale of products that are critical to a number of key business sectors. Weir pressure pumping
products are, he said, “vital in the fracking process” and in other areas such as processing minerals aſter they have been mined. Mr Berry said he could now
see in Glasgow many of the features that he knows from Boston where he atended the Massachusets Institute of Technology. He said that Te Weir Group
was working on partnerships with academic institutions particularly with the University of Strathclyde’s centre for advanced engineering. Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive
Charles Berry, Chairman, The Weir Group, at Glasgow Talks… Engineering
of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, said: “It is good news for Glasgow that we have headquartered here an engineering group operating across all the world in minerals, oil and gas and power in the most challenging physical environments.” Gordon Maclennan, Chief Executive of the Strathclyde
Partnership for Transport, outlined key developments in transport in a Glasgow Talks event held in Alston Bar & Beef in Central Station, a new Glasgow Chamber member. In an interview-style
presentation with Stuart Patrick, Mr Maclennan set out recent developments and what city region travellers could look forward to in the next few years. He outlined the major
improvements in the Subway with the refurbishment of St Enochs, Hillhead and Kelvinhall stations. Subway improvements will
continue with the introduction of new rolling stock – driverless trains will start to be introduced within three to four years.
Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, with Gordon Maclennan, Chief Executive of the
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, at Glasgow Talks… Transport
Another major development
was the introduction of Smartcards. Mr Maclennan said he hoped that the technical platform for the SPT Smartcard – called the Bramble – could be rolled out across other Scotish transport providers. He said that SPT was already
having talks with Abellio – the Dutch company that takes over the ScotRail franchise – and ferry company Caledonian MacBrayne about sharing the technology platform. Te SPT “patch” covers the
former Strathclyde Region, an area now covered by 12 local authorities, with a population of 2.13 million – 43 per cent of the Scotish population.
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