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City Guide > Europe > Scotland > Glasgow


Business Services

Business Contacts
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
30 George Square, Glasgow G2 1EQ
Tel: (0141) 204 2121. Fax: (0141) 221 2336.
E-mail: chamber@glasgowchamber.org
Website: www.glasgowchamber.org

Scottish Enterprise
120 Bothwell Street, Glasgow G2 7JP
Tel: (0141) 248 2700. Fax: (0141) 221 3217.
E-mail: enquiries@scotent.co.uk
Website: www.scottish-enterprise.com

British American Business Inc.
20th Floor, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 661 4060. Fax: (212) 661 4074.
E-mail: info@bacc.org
Website: www.babinc.org

British Canadian Chamber of Trade and Commerce (Canada)
Suite 4214, 2025 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario M2J 1V6
Tel: (416) 502 0847. Fax: (416) 502 9319.
E-mail: central@bcctc.ca
Website: www.bcctc.ca

Australian British Chamber of Commerce (Australia)
Level 16, Gateway Building, 1 Maquarie Place, Sydney, NSW 2001
Tel: (02) 9221 0355. Fax: (02) 9221 0116.
E-mail: abcc@britishchamber.com
Website: www.britishchamber.com


Business Services
Business centres
Forsyth Business Centre
Forsyth House, 111 Union Street, Glasgow G1 3TA
Tel: (0141) 248 8383. Fax: (0141) 248 8833.
Website: www.forsyth.co.uk

Facilities include short-term office and boardroom hire, and secretarial and office services.

Charing Cross Business Centre
537 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G3 7PQ
Tel/Fax: (0141) 222 2202.

Offers photocopying, fax and secretarial services, meeting rooms and long-term office hire.

Business libraries
Business Information Department, Glasgow City Library and Archives
The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN
Tel: (0141) 287 2905. Fax: (0141) 287 2912.
E-mail: business_information@cls.glasgow.gov.uk
Website: www.mitchelllibrary.org

Scottish Business Information Service
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EW
Tel: 0131 225 8488. Fax: 0131 466 2818.
E-mail: enquiries@scotbis.com
Website: www.scotbis.com

This is the best resource for nation-wide information.

Convention and meeting planner
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Convention Bureau
11 George Square, Glasgow G2 1DY
Tel: (0141) 566 4030. Fax: (0141) 248 9541.
E-mail: conventions@seeglasgow.com
Website: www.seeglasgow.com

The Convention Bureau offers conference planning assistance and impartial advice in sourcing the companies necessary to the organisation and running of a conference.

Convention and meeting venue
Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre (SECC)
Finnieston Street, Glasgow G3 8YW
Tel: (0141) 248 3000. Fax: (0141) 226 3423.
E-mail: scc@secc.co.uk
Website: www.secc.co.uk

The SECC is the third largest exhibition complex in the UK and offers state-of-the-art technical facilities. Part of the complex is the 3000-seat Clyde Auditorium – a sleek, metallic armadillo, designed by Sir Norman Foster, crouched by the banks of the Clyde.

Translation service
The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce can provide a list of translators and interpreters. Alternatively, the Institute of Translation and Interpreting – Scottish Group has an on-line directory (website: www.broch.com/itiscotland).

Unusual conference venues
National Trust for Scotland
West Regional Office, Greenbank House, Clarkston, Glasgow G76 8RB
Tel: (0141) 616 2266. Fax: (0141) 616 0550.
Website: www.nts.org.uk

The National Trust can provide some unique settings for conferences, including the early-nineteenth-century Hutchesons’ Hall in the city centre.



   
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