Glasgow Business . 23
www.glasgowchamberofcommerce.com SPECIAL FRIENDS
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce buddies up with New York City counterpart Neil Amner, President,
G
lasgow Chamber of Commerce has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, a formal co-operation agreement,
with Manhatan Chamber of Commerce. Te historic cross-Atlantic agreement came
about aſter Glasgow President Neil Amner and Deputy Chief Executive Richard Muir joined a party of senior people from Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, Glasgow Life, and top universities and colleges in going to New York City last month. Tey were part of a delegation to the Big
Apple targeted at promoting tourism, trade and investment and the higher and further education sectors. Te focus of the trip was an event called A Great Night In With Glasgow, a reception held in the trendy West Village. Neil said: “At this event, Richard and I met
Jessica Walker, President of Manhatan Chamber of Commerce, and I’m pleased to say that the outcome is a partnership between our two organisations. “Te Chamber movement is an
international one, and has the potential to provide help to partner organisations all over the globe. Tere are close historic links between Scotland and the New York area, and we believe this fledgling relationship with
Manhatan Chamber could lead to important business contacts for us and for our members in the future. “Tere is some irony in the fact that
Glasgow Chamber, one of the oldest in the world, was founded in the late 18th century to help Glasgow merchants find new markets in the aſtermath of the American Wars of Independence. Now here we are building bridges across the Atlantic to our mutual benefit. Glasgow Chamber has a President’s Club made up of influential business people in its ‘Home’ and ‘Away’ teams. It was asked to invite members of the US Away Team which includes top exiled Scots in business there who have agreed to contribute time and connections for the benefit of Glasgow’s and Scotland’s economy.”
”We are excited by this new relationship with our Scottish colleagues in Glasgow, with whom we have much in common”
and Richard Muir, Deputy Chief Executive
More than 20 of them joined an audience of 150 influencers who enjoyed such delicacies as a whisky cocktail courtesy of Glengoyne Distillery and Irn-Bru bonbons from Glickman’s, Glasgow’s oldest sweet shop, in a room lit by a 120-year-old Glasgow firm, Shearer Candles. It was the first “live” use of the President’s
Club concept abroad, with Neil Amner introducing President’s Club members to other guests and invitees. Among the Away Team members present
were Ken Donnelly, Director of Risk at the Bank of America, and James Heggie III, Merrill Lynch’s First Vice President, an American with deep Scots roots. Neil added: “Tese two gentlemen show
the high level of our US contacts, and trips like this are all about expanding these contacts to Glasgow’s benefit, as this new agreement shows. Tis is undoubtedly great news for business in Glasgow.” Manhatan Chamber of Commerce
President Jessica Walker said: “We are excited by this new relationship with our Scotish colleagues in Glasgow, with whom we have much in common. I feel sure members of both Chambers will gain from what will arise from it in the future.”
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52