GLASGOW BUSINESS FEBRUARY 2015
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive
chiefexecutive@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
Green Year is a chance for Glasgow’s industries to shine
Your Chamber is supporting Glasgow City Council in its ambition to transform the city into one of the most sustainable cities in Europe. And we know Glasgow City Council will use the
Green Year to make further progress in a suite of initiatives to reduce the city’s carbon footprint and respond positively to climate change. For a city with Glasgow’s industrial past still carrying many reminders of that heritage, in the form of vacant industrial land and factories and redundant infrastructure, the target for carbon emissions reduction is ambitious. Glasgow has committed to
meeting its target to reduce its carbon emissions by 30 per cent by 2020 – a challenge that requires determined action over the next five years. Delivering the Commonwealth Games has
shown that Glasgow’s leadership has the capacity
and capability to tackle the most complex and pressured projects. The Games was prepared with time to spare and within budget. Glasgow’s Green Year 2015 will exploit that leadership. While the Green Year will see the city working on areas such as using water more wisely, reducing the volume of waste and its impact and improving air quality, one of Glasgow Chamber’s objectives will be increasing the contribution our local engineering base can make in solving such issues. We want Glasgow to be
recognised again as the UK’s most important engineering centre and we believe the Green
Year will help. We are a member of the Sustainable Glasgow Board and we will use our membership to help grow our engineering industry as the city delivers on its green goals. We also want to make sure that Glasgow’s businesses are participating in all the initiatives
HEAD OF EVENTS Alan Busby ~ 0141 204 8323
alan.busby@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
CHIEF EXECUTIVE Stuart Patrick~ 0141 204 8317
stuart.patrick@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE Richard Muir ~ 0141 204 8326
richard.muir@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
PROJECTS DIRECTOR Alison McRae ~ 0141 204 8339
alison.mcrae@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
HEAD OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Elaine Rodger ~ 0141 204 8332
elaine.rodger@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
BUSINESS SERVICE MANAGER Cathie McKay ~ 0141 204 8317
cathie.mckay@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
FINANCE MANAGER Audrey Hamilton ~ 0141 204 8334
audrey.hamilton@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS Anne Marie Hughes ~ 0141 204 8325
annemarie.hughes@glasgowchamberof
commerce.com
HEAD OF PARTNERSHIP & MEMBERSHIP OPERATIONS Susan McKay ~ 0141 204 8347
susan.mckay@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION Catherine Bryson ~ 0141 204 8390
cathy.bryson@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
MANAGER Leona Seaton ~ 0141 204 8338
leona.seaton@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
PROJECTS AND EMPLOYABILITY
PROJECTS EXECUTIVE Selina Hales ~ 0141 204 8358
selina.hales@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS EXECUTIVE Shona MacPherson ~ 0141 204 8364
shona.macpherson@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
PROJECTS ASSISTANT Blair Stevenson ~ 0141 204 8339
blair.stevenson@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
EVENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVE Colum Fraser ~ 0141 204 8319
colum.fraser@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
MEMBERSHIP CO-ORDINATOR Kamilla Biskup ~ 0141 204 8331
kamilla.biskup@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT Danielle Grant ~ 0141 204 8349
danielle.grant@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
FINANCE ASSISTANT Liz Mason ~ 0141 204 8329
liz.mason@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
to bring down carbon emissions because reduced energy consumption means lower costs. To help, we have established a Green Business Network which already has 50 member companies involved, so please look out for its work throughout the year. A key date in the year and central event in these
efforts will be the All Energy Conference which this year moves from Aberdeen – where it has been for 14 years – to its new home in Glasgow’s SECC. The event, to be held on 6 and 7 May, will
feature an exhibition that will showcase the complete range of renewable and sustainable technologies. Visitors are expected from more than 40 nations to attend an event which will feature the largest gathering of renewable energy developers and supply chain partners seen anywhere in the UK. It promises to be an important year for what can be done in meeting these vital challenges and in continuing the momentum for the Glasgow city region economy after all that was achieved in 2014.
CERTIFICATION EXECUTIVE Yasmin Akram ~ 0141 204 8330
yasmin.akram@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
CERTIFICATION EXECUTIVE Lorraine Galbraith ~ 0141 204 8365
lorraine.galbraith@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
CERTIFICATION EXECUTIVE Katie Anderson ~ 0141 204 8381
katie.anderson@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
RECEPTIONISTS Dawn Chalmers (Mon-Wed) and Sandra Barrie (Thu-Fri) ~ 0141 204 2121
dawn.chalmers@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com sandra.barrie@
glasgowchamberofcommerce.com reception@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
30 George Square, Glasgow G2 1EQ Tel: 0141 204 2121 Fax: 0141 221 2336
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