CE and Management Team Blogs

08 Apr 2014

Life Sciences

Glasgow has a powerful message to send out about the quality of its Life Sciences industry and last week I joined Invest Glasgow in promotin…

02 Apr 2014

Join the crowd and fund Plan Bee

Now here's an opportunity to help grow a Chamber member company.    Last year at the Glasgow Business Awards, Plan Bee won the Green Champi…

21 Mar 2014

Hopeful signs and stark messages

Up and ready on Wednesday morning for a short interview at 7am with Good Morning Scotland on the prospects for the Budget being announced th…

13 Mar 2014

Could a Glasgow city region be Scotland’s “dark star”?

I recently made a brief visit last week to London - or the 'dark star' as I understand we must now consider it - to attend a seminar on urba…

06 Mar 2014

Employers want to help solve youth employment crisis

A big Chamber thanks goes to the 18 folk of the Youth Employment Action Group (YEAG).  Over the last 14 months they have carried out a caref…

06 Mar 2014

Air strategy assurances welcome - but fast moves on airport trams needed

Back in December I wrote to the Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, asking three questions about the Scottish Government's purchase of P…