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A year of making international connections
We are working with different countries to cultivate new business opportunities
The Scottish delegation visited Berlin, Nuremberg and Munich in June 2018
negotiations, we should do our best to strengthen trading ties wherever we could. Throughout the year we have worked hard to do just that. Here are some of the highlights which have helped our members go global.
A January
A great start to the year when we joined our colleagues from the Scottish Chambers network at an information exchange session with key representatives from Scottish Development International (SDI). This session created a very strong platform for us all to support future joint working and a commitment to increase the numbers of businesses in Scotland trading internationally.
t the beginning of 2018 Glasgow Chamber’s Board took the view that, whatever the outcomes from the Brexit
February
Building on our existing links with Italy we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Italian Chamber of Commerce (ICCI) and with the Turin Chamber of Commerce. Senior representatives from the Turin Chamber of Commerce came to Glasgow to sign the partnership and we discussed future joint working and ways of reinforcing the twinning arrangement between the two cities.
March Our second trade visit to New York took place on 7 and 8 March. Building on the connections established during the inaugural visit to Manhattan Chamber in November 2016, the visit offered the opportunity for a small delegation of Scottish companies to boost their international trade connections. Led by Richard Muir, Deputy Chief Executive of
Senior representatives from Turin came to Glasgow to sign the partnership”
Glasgow Chamber, the visit combined bespoke
business matching with high profile networking events. The delegation also met with the Depute Mayor of Manhattan and members of the President’s Club on the Eastern Seaboard.
April We signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Berlin on 23 April. The deal, the outcome of earlier discussions between the two organisations, is designed to give members mutual access to companies in Scotland and Germany’s biggest cities, with the aim of developing trade relationships and maximising business opportunities.
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