CE and Management Team Blogs

10 Feb 2016

Look North for Glasgow’s exciting new district

Fresh from a Chamber partner dinner with the senior team at Scottish Canals, I am now buoyed by the prospects for yet another district in Gl…

04 Feb 2016

A bleak January – but with hope for the future

Goodbye to January 2016. A Chamber CEO ought to work hard at positivity and cheerful optimism but I will be honest and admit that I am not s…

29 Jan 2016

Glasgow fares well in Cities Outlook – but still work to do

Fresh analysis in this year’s Centre for Cities Cities Outlook, published yesterday (Monday), examines how 64 UK towns and cities are faring…

03 Dec 2015

New technologies can allow regrowth of manufacturing

The need to improve industrial productivity has become something of a given in our economic development debate.  You’ll find the issue at th…

16 Oct 2015

A Welcome Chance to Big Up Glasgow at the GBAs

Right at the start of the month we held our 18th annual Glasgow Business Awards, with over 700 folk at the Hilton Hotel.  Whilst Vic Emery …

16 Oct 2015

Glasgow a Dream City for Property Investors

I’ll be in London most of next week. I’m spending a day at the British Chambers of Commerce exploring what more we can do as a Chamber to e…