Chamber Blogs

28 Aug 2017

Barclay – a good piece of work but discontent will remain

By Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Expecting the Barclay Review to solve the flaws of our business rates sys…

02 Aug 2017

Begging – a highly sensitive issue and challenge

By Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Here’s a topic that is not easy to address. Take a wander around any majo…

22 Jun 2017

Close relationship between Chamber and Council important to Glasgow

By Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce The leadership of Glasgow is changing. Last week we held our first member…

06 Jun 2017

BBC Today a chance to put Chamber economy views to the fore

By Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Last week the BBC’s flagship Today programme was in Scotland as part of i…

18 May 2017

Chinese lesson on making things for export

By Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce I’m not long back from a personal tour of four cities in China. Whilst my…

19 Apr 2017

Sir Arnold’s proud contribution to youth skills

By Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce One of the outstanding figures of business in Glasgow passed away last we…