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www.glasgowchamberofcommerce.com GLASGOW TALKS
Glasgow Talks... with Dr Adam Marshall, Director General, British Chambers of Commerce
debate was made by Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of British Chambers of Commerce in Glasgow. Speaking at a Glasgow Talks event at the Hilton Hotel, the Director General told Chamber members not to under- estimate their combined influence in policy-making, saying that politicians needed to pay more heed to the voice of business. He urged members to fill in the Chamber’s Quarterly Survey as one indicator that had a definite impact on the business debate. Every Wednesday morning, Dr Marshall sees the Secretary of State for Business in Westminster where business matters related to Brexit can be brought forward. He also has links with the Secretary of International Trade and the Brexit secretary and his team. “We have great access to the key
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offices of state and we are able to put some of these practicalities forward. What members tell Glasgow Chamber
clarion call to west of Scotland businesses to become more actively involved in the UK’s economy
Dr Adam Marshall, Director General, British Chambers of Commerce
is then repeated to our political leaders. I don’t think any other business organisation has that accessibility in quite the same way,” he said. The BCC’s Quarterly Economic survey
completed by Chamber members is a valuable source of business data. “This feeds into a national pool of responses and is one of the biggest private business surveys in the country in this survey. My team goes in and briefs the
Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England the week before they take a decision on interest rates. The survey is vital for decision-making.” So Chamber members in Glasgow
can have a direct impact on these major economic decisions. “The more the merrier, is what I say. We can’t solve every individual problem, but we can bring forward issues on behalf of the business community as a whole.”
GLASGOW TALKS... THE BUSINESS OF GIN
Gin-making in Glasgow is booming. The Business of Gin event, part of the Glasgow Talks series, focused on one company demonstrating that turning a profit with new products is perfectly feasible in the city. The Glasgow Distillery Company is a spirits company based in Hillington, which introduced the brand Makar as a premium gin in 2014 and which recently launched 1770, the very first new single malt to be distilled in Glasgow in more than 100 years. Makar’s Original Dry Gin was awarded Best UK Gin and
37 per cent in volume over the past five years. The Glasgow Distillery
The Business of Gin panel
Best Traditional Gin at the Gin Guide Awards 2018. Two of the company’s
founders, CEO Liam Hughes and Brand Director Mike Hayward, demonstrated that with some hefty industry experience and support from funders such as the Clydesdale Bank, new
manufacturing capacity can emerge in the city. While the story of
whisky’s success has been widely told, it is perhaps less well known that Scotland produces around 70 per cent of the UK’s gin and the overseas market for UK gin has grown by 32 per cent in value and
Company team is not alone. Stuart Patrick, the Chamber Chief Executive, visited the Clydeside Distillery at the former Queen’s Dock Pump House with the Council Leader. He said: “Tim Morrison and his team have built a beautifully-designed visitor centre that not only takes you through the whole process involved in creating Clydeside’s forthcoming single malt, but also explores the long tradition of whisky making in Glasgow.”
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