GLASGOW BUSINESS DECEMBER 2015
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Vic Emery, President
president@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
Looking back - and forward to a brighter future
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One of the great facets of The Glasgow Business Awards is that it gives us the opportunity to look back at the longer-term professional achievements of a major fi gure in the Glasgow business community. We record and celebrate the lives
of people who have made major changes to the business landscape of the city. I was delighted to present the Lifetime Achievement Award this year to Lord Gordon of Strathblane CBE. Jimmy Gordon’s launching of Radio Clyde back in the 70s – the fi rst commercial radio station outside of London - changed the whole media environment of the city. In addition to his running Radio Clyde, fi rst as Chief Executive and then Chairman of parent company Scottish Radio Holdings, Jimmy Gordon contributed to the business life in the city and Scotland in a range of
other ways. He was a Director of Clydeport Holdings, Chair of the then
Scottish Tourist Board, a Director of Johnston Press and a 37 News
Agenda 6 City Roundup Member news Partner news New members
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Events Training
Glasgow Talks
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Past and forthcoming events 20 The Glasgow Business Awards 37 Inspiring City Awards
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Looking to future strategies 22 Glasgow Airport: A Soaring Year of Success 24 Benefi ts of Exporting
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member of the Scottish Development Agency Board. He was also Chair of the SECC in its early years – a remarkable contribution.
While the Awards celebrated past
achievements, they also provided an important catalyst for business development in future. The winner of the 2014 Lifetime
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Developing The Young Workforce 30 The Circular Economy
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Column BIG Talks
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Achievement Award, John Watson, has donated £100,000 of the proceeds of the sale of his printing business to invest in the next generation of Glasgow businesses. John is a shining example of the principle that those who have been successful in business should – at the right point – choose to give something back to society. As my time as President of
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce comes to an end, I shall take the opportunity to look back and refl ect –
and to look forward. I am delighted to record that
considerable progress has been made over the last two years - it has been really heart warming to see that. Glasgow Chamber’s membership is growing and its engagement with its members deepening with a greater number of events, a well received and better attended training programme and the introduction and continual development of the Inspiring City Awards. We have tailored our benefi ts of Chamber membership to give members more of what they have asked for and we played our part in making the Commonwealth Games the great success it was.
Quite a lot of what Glasgow Chamber
achieves goes on in the background with some
hard work on city centre
development
and in supporting the development of long-term
strategy for the city but especially the work we have been doing on
Developing the Young Workforce. Our Glasgow Employer Board has been focusing activity on that. We are busy on the ground building the Schools and Business Partnerships and we are working hard on fi nding ways of linking some of the most disadvantaged kids in the city into employment opportunities. These are things that are genuinely worthwhile. As I write this, more evidence has
been revealed of the contribution made by the Commonwealth Games and all of the cumulative eff orts to develop and promote Glasgow as a visitor destination. Reports say that Glasgow is on track to overtake Edinburgh as the most popular tourist destination in Scotland. Finally, I would like to wish Neil
Amner, my nominated successor as President, all the best of luck in what will continue to be an important time in Glasgow Chamber’s history.
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