GLASGOW BUSINESS AUGUST 2016
CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S BLOG
Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive
chiefexecutive@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com
It’s a whole new world after the EU referendum
The natural reaction to an event of the scale of recent weeks is to look for quick reassurance and make plans to respond. For the majority – but certainly not all – of Chamber members, the decision that the UK should leave the European Union is not what they wanted. Throughout the referendum campaign I met
member after member almost desperate for a period of stability, calm and a chance to plan ahead with certainty. Business bodies are always calling for certainty. The last thing we have now is certainty. The Chamber’s first reaction then would naturally
be to call for the political classes to work quickly and chart the path ahead. And, of course, we have heard from the Governor of the Bank of England and the Chancellor about the measures they are taking to secure some calm. But we are in a new world. We can’t now
conceivably know what that new world will look like until new leaderships are created and endorsed and new models of international trading and investment relationships debated and negotiated. Realistically that will take months at the very least and even years in all probability. So, while we must do all we can to protect
trade and investment, it is also true that we should take time to reflect on what has happened, what we have learnt and what we must now do to build our economy.
One of the advantages of participating in an
organisation as old as Glasgow Chamber is that there is usually some history to lean on and on this occasion it isn’t hard to find. The Chamber came into being in 1783 because Glasgow merchants felt powerless in the face of the closure of their crucial trade links with North America following the American War of Independence. They wanted to come together to make their views more effectively known to take action to grow new trading relationships, and reinvigorate the old ones too if possible. Today, we don’t face the
immediate loss of our trading connections with Europe as we did with our American markets in 1783, and we can advise and urge that a sensible deal is reached to maintain those connections in the years ahead. Read more at:
www.glasgowchamberof
commerce.com/blog/2016/june/28/a-new-world-in- which-old-chamber-purpose-will-come-to-the-fore/
THINK DIGITAL AND “SHAKE THINGS UP GENTLY” We meet many colourful characters at the Chamber. But one guy recently turned our heads as he arrived in his tartan Vivien Westwood coat and
silver Doc Martens. We could tell pretty quickly that Mark Shayler, who keeps chickens and ducks in his Welsh garden, was a disruptive type. Mark is the gregarious founder of the Do lectures
and I’m delighted that he was the keynote speaker at Think Digital Scotland: When the Shift Hits the Fan, a Glasgow Chamber event. While he has worked with the likes of Nike, Samsung and Coca-Cola, he talked specifically about how Glasgow’s SMEs can meet the challenges of the disruptive digital economy. He’s got a track record on this, supporting SMEs in saving around £120 million. Mark is the author of Do, Disrupt: Change the status quo or become it. It’s been branded as a workbook that will
help companies create ideas. While disruption is now the norm and
organisations from all industries need to rewire themselves to remain relevant, it is nothing for Glasgow businesses to fear. Indeed, most business people I speak to are willing to embrace digital change if they are given the right digital tools and the best infrastructure to compete. Read more at:
www.glasgowchamberofcommerce. com/blog/2016/june/06/think-digital-and-shake- things-up-gently/
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PROGRAMME DIRECTOR DEVELOPING THE YOUNG WORKFORCE Leona Seaton ~ 0141 204 8338
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INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER DEVELOPING THE YOUNG WORKFORCE Elizabeth McKenna ~ 0141 204 8336
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