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Glasgow Chamber of


Commerce signs agreement with Berlin counterpart


The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Glasgow and Berlin Chambers of Commerce offers unparalleled opportunities and access for businesses ready to make the move into northern Europe. Kenny Kemp reports


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lasgow and Berlin are two of the great northern cities of Europe. Both sit on important rivers, with the Spree joining


the Havel in Spandau, a suburb on the west of bustling Berlin, while the Clyde has defined Glasgow. Both are post- industrial sleeping giants waking up to the burgeoning opportunities where technology and culture intersect. Both have become ‘cool’ urban


centres where international visitors are given an authentic welcome. Both share hipster coffee shops, clubs and bars, and are places where creativity


Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, is greeted by Jan Eder, General Director, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Berlin, at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding


mixes with music, art, theatre and popular culture throwing up all kinds of business. Next year Germany will celebrate 30 years since the Berlin Wall was dismantled. Since the 1960s, the Wall had been the global symbol of the Cold War and the division of the city. Its collapse ushered in the reunification of West and East Germany in 1990 and an outstanding economic miracle which confirmed the combined national status of Germany as the powerhouse of Europe. The renaissance of Berlin, both as the national capital and a city of


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