GLASGOW TALKS CIRCULAR GLASGOW POLICY FORUMS CONNECTIVITY Events focused on Brexit Products designed The evolution of the Radical plans for and Glasgow Airport with circularity in mind member-led groups Glasgow city centre page 8 page 18 page 22 page 26 SUMMER 2019 THE MAGAZINE OF GLASGOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GLASGOW’S BUSINESS STORY Building a new narrative for Glasgow as a shining new world city FREE TO CHAMBER MEMBERS / £4.99 FOR NON MEMBERS www.glasgowchamberofcommerce.com 3 CONTENTS Summer 2019 04 24 President ICAs Winners Proud of Glasgow’s Meet our ICAs 2018 potential winners 06 26 International Improving Glasgow Passport to Export for Radical plans for the Pulp-Tec city’s transport 07 7 18 28 Intel New Member Profiles Meet Jane Wood of BT Group Learn more about our new members and partners 08 Glasgow Talks 31 Brexit and Business Travel Glasgow Airport London travel by train and plane 09 20 Chief Executive 33 Calling for better New Members transport links A warm welcome to new members 10 DYW Glasgow 36 MCR Pathways Who’s Who mentors Chamber contacts 11 37 Member News 26 31 Our News Putting our members New starts and in the spotlight promotions Did you know? 14 The polywrap Glasgow Business is delivered in is 100% recyclable! 38 Partner News Please make sure to recycle the polywrap cover from your magazine. The Pitch An update on the work #Recycle #Recycling #SustainabilityMatters One member explains of our partners why it is special Editor: Anne Marie Hughes Production: Fiona Ramsay 16 18 20 22 Design: Stuart Mathie GBAs Winners Circular Glasgow Glasgow’s Narrative Policy Forums Advertising: Meet our GBAs 2018 The Circular Hub The story of Glasgow’s The evolution of our Contact Publicity winners inspired local people business strengths work with members Chief Writer: Kenny Kemp 4 www.glasgowchamberofcommerce.com PRESIDENT Proud of Glasgow and the city’s potential Jim McHarg, President [email protected] n my business travels I’ve been fortunate to such a significant investment being made as the IFSD enjoy some of the world’s most famous skylines. expands across the river and hopefully marking the first of However, as I looked out south over the River many future developments in the years to come. Clyde from the 10th floor of the Capella Building While we are all proud of our city’s achievements and Oin York Street, I was filled with a sense of pride about our heritage, I’m under no illusion that Glasgow is some kind city’s heritage and the way we do things. of metropolitan utopia. Like all cities across the world, we We had just finished an open-to-members Chamber also have our challenges and we are all too well aware of discussion on the impact of Brexit, hosted by Katy the issues which dominate some of our city communities. Wedderburn, a Partner at the Glasgow law firm In order to help address these issues and challenges, MacRoberts and Chamber Director, in their modern the Chamber welcomes the development of the new offices. Not an easy subject for anyone involved in Glasgow narrative which provides key messages about business these days and Katy, as the chair of the Glasgow and how business in Glasgow, combined Chamber’s Brexit Watch Policy Forum, was an excellent with our People Make Glasgow brand, really gives us a scene-setter. stronger platform to go and market ourselves to the rest Two informed speakers, Professor Anton Muscatelli, of the world. the Principal of the University of Glasgow, and Tim For example, in my own area of engineering, the shape Wright, founder of management consultancy firm of industrial manufacturing in the city is being Twintangibles, were politely taking opposite enhanced with the introduction of the National viewpoints over this endlessly perplexing Manufacturing Institute for Scotland and challenge which has contorted the democratic two innovation districts at Strathclyde and institutions of our country. Glasgow universities – all within the Glasgow After breakfast, Chamber members listened conurbation. to the well-made points raised by both Anton Our city, in general, is a friendly place, and Tim. And the questions from the floor welcoming people from all nations, were respectful and measured. This is the kind background, ethnicity, sexuality and belief. of Chamber of which I am proud to belong Glasgow is a truly great city to live, work and – discussion and debate, based on the visit. Yes, we are still uncertain about the available facts, and with respect ramifications of Brexit and whatever for another’s point of view. Such transpires, but we can be positive Chamber gatherings give us the about the city and its place. It is ability to interrogate our own our job as the business leaders of viewpoints and attempt to see the city to ensure that as many things from another position. people as possible benefit from After the discussion, I took the its future success and prosperity. opportunity to look out over I firmly believe that success Glasgow and see the activity is based on enterprise on the south bank of the Clyde and commerce. It’s about where the concrete piles were Glasgow being successful going in for the Barclays centre in the 21st century... of excellence. It is great to see whatever that may bring. 6 www.glasgowchamberofcommerce.com INTERNATIONAL Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation (fifth from right), visited Pulp-Tec to discuss its products and involvement in Passport to Export A Passport to Export for Pulp-Tec ver the last two years Glasgow Its products are 100 per cent Chamber’s Circular Economy project. Chamber has been delivering recyclable, compostable and As a result of her participation in the one of five pilot Local Export biodegradable. It is circular Passport to Export workshops, Marion Partnerships (LEPs) that were by design, reducing waste by recently hosted a visit from Ivan McKee, Olaunched by the Scottish Government returning to the recycling chain Minister for Trade, Investment and and Scottish Chambers of Commerce to and using clean technology in the Innovation. The Minister was keen to increase the number of firms exporting manufacturing process. hear how the workshops had benefited their products and services. Pulp-Tec has recently developed a the company and supported its The Glasgow and Lanarkshire Local new process to create items that look international growth. Export Partnership included Glasgow and perform like plastic and in 2018 Chamber of Commerce, Lanarkshire it successfully gained the trademark Chamber of Commerce, Scottish for Bioform. The new Bioform product TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE Development International, Glasgow is made from natural eco-friendly ABOVE, PLEASE CALL ELAINE City Council, Business Gateway Glasgow, sourced materials, is 100 per cent eco- RODGER ON 0141 204 8332 North and South Lanarkshire Councils friendly, compostable, recyclable and OR EMAIL ELAINE.RODGER@ and Lanarkshire Enterprise Services. biodegradable and will greatly reduce GLASGOWCHAMBEROFCOMMERCE. We developed essential products the need for single-use plastic across COM to support businesses getting ready Scotland and beyond. to start trading internationally and we Pulp-Tec’s Quality Assurance Manager, most recently delivered our Passport to Marion McLachlan, attended all four Export workshops. These short, sharp, of the Passport to Export workshops interactive workshops were designed and found them enjoyable and very to help businesses explore the exciting informative. She said: “The workshops Partners: prospect of growing their business on highlighted the benefits of exporting the global stage. and emphasised risks in relation The four workshops in the series to payments, intellectual property, covered market readiness, finance, legal the importance of contracts, the aspects and logistics, and delegates also transportation of goods, enhanced heard from businesses that had already liability insurance, custom formalities, taken the first steps into exporting. We paying taxes and duties, etc. This were supported in the delivery of the information will be extremely beneficial workshops by experts from Scottish to our company in the future and has Development International, Clydesdale been relayed back to the Managing Bank, Dentons and Bullet Express. Director and staff.” One of the businesses to participate Marion added: “Through attending in Passport to Export was Lanarkshire- events such as Passport to Export we Funded by: based Pulp-Tec, Europe’s leading have built a network of support with innovative supplier of high-quality, several organisations that will help us environmentally friendly, three- thrive as a business and also increase dimensional moulded pulp packaging our network of potential customers.” for goods in transit. Pulp-Tec also participates in Glasgow www.glasgowchamberofcommerce.com 7 INTEL Jane Wood UK Nations and Regions Director, BT Group Scotland has never been so well-connected What technology (from gadgets to news if I haven’t read a paper in the and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder software, including apps) makes your morning, and everything from the Management by Archie B Carroll. working life easier? New Scientist, Psychology Today and If I were to pick, then it is essentially Harvard Business Review for more What do you do that helps you boost what makes communication quicker global intel. Having only been at productivity or save time? and more efficient: Skype, email, social BT for five months all the business Make lists, work an hour or so at the media and of course vastly improved intelligence I seem to read is about the weekend before the week starts, mobile/broadband speeds. Access application of digital technologies and or alternatively, don’t work at the and management of data and having how we will deliver the BT vision to be weekend, learn, good communication global knowledge and markets at our leaders in converged connectivity and and diary management, and work finger tips.