GLASGOW BUSINESS APRIL 2015
CONTENTS/PRESIDENT
Vic Emery, President
president@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
Working together to boost opportunity
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Your Chamber is working with partners in national and local government to tackle the disappointing lack in the number of opportunities available for young people. As we report in this issue of
Glasgow Business, your Chamber will host the first regional Invest in Young People Group, a trailblazing initiative that will seek to improve links between education and the world of work. We have recruited a team to
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be based at Glasgow Chamber that will co-ordinate the already well-established network of city employers working in the field of improving the employment and employability of young people. In the city we have first-class universities and again, as we report in this issue, a vibrant and growing college sector. Our schools are improving, but we still have a long way to go to ensure that all of our young people have the opportunities they seek. There needs to be an improved
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system of vocational education that opens up a wider range of work opportunities to all young people, whatever their background. We all have to work together to
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ensure that there is no let-up on tackling the restrictions to youth opportunity in the city. We would urge Chamber members as employers to work on implementing the recommendations of Sir Ian Wood’s Commission on developing Scotland’s young workforce. As part of your Chamber’s work
in this area, we are looking at the issue of the Living Wage and the extent to which commitments can, and should, be made by businesses to pay it. Glasgow Chamber’s Council of
Directors has decided we should review our position on the Living Wage. We are conducting a survey looking at the impact of the Living Wage on members and the extent to which it would be appropriate for businesses to commit to it. In order to support the long-term
development of Glasgow, we shall also be playing our part in supporting the work being done to deliver the Glasgow and Clyde City Deal. As we report in this issue,
Lord Willie Haughey is to chair the Glasgow and Clyde Economic Leadership Board and has been getting to grips with all the projects proposed as part of that and their potential for improving the area’s physical and economic infrastructure. Lord Haughey said in his interview for this issue that he believes the City Deal will be “transformational” for the area and
we share the hopes that it will make a profound difference
to the city region and the people within it who are not fully engaged in the economy. Where appropriate, we hope
Glasgow Chamber members will look at how they can be involved with the infrastructure projects under the City Deal as they are rolled out over the next few months. Rob Woodward, Chief Executive
of Glasgow Chamber member STV, is chairing the Invest in Young People National Advisory Group. We hope that Chamber members will do all they can to support these two important contributions to the city region and encourage the input of the business community to these vital initiatives. Working together, we can open
the fruits of the economy to a wider and wider group of people within our community and, in turn, improve economic output for the benefit of all.
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