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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