A new initiative bringing Chambers of Commerce and the military closer together has just been launched with Dunbartonshire Chamber at the forefront. The ChamberFORCE programme is a partnership between five Scottish Chambers of Commerce supported by Highland Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association (HRFCA), and personnel from the Army, Royal Navy and RAF Reserves. Dunbartonshir ...
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CHAMBER LAUNCHES WOMEN IN BUSINESS IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE
AWARD-WINNING BUSINESSWOMAN SHINES IN DUNBARTONSHIRE Women-owned businesses are now responsible for creating 231k Scottish jobs and contribute an estimated £8.8bn GVA to the Scottish economy. If women were to set up businesses at the same rate as men, this would add £13bn to the Scottish economy or the equivalent of 100,000 new businesses. Dunbartonshire Chamber of Commerce ...
RECORD NUMBERS ATTEND CHRISTMAS LUNCH
More than 70 guests attended the Dunbartonshire Chamber Christmas Lunch making it the most successful yet. Special guest, Tim Allan, President of Scottish Chambers of Commerce and one of Scotland’s leading businessmen, gave an inspiring speech to begin proceedings in the stylish surroundings of Boclair House. The charity fundraising raffle was also a great success and, along ...
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM DAMON SCOTT, DCC CEO
On behalf of all of us at Dunbartonshire Chamber of Commerce I would like to wish our members and all businesses in Dunbartonshire a Very Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year. The Chamber has enjoyed a really exciting 2018 with fantastic support from our members, partners and our other wonderful businesses in Dunbartonshire. This year we built on our “Dunbartonshire Women ...
CHAMBER EVENTS LINED UP FOR BUSINESS WEEK
The Working4Business partnership is delighted to present the area’s annual Business Week, a week packed with events aimed at inspiring and supporting new and established businesses in West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire Business Week offers a broad range of seminars and workshops covering many important issues for the local economy. The Working4Business Partnership is ke ...
CHAMBER RECEIVES MINISTRY OF DEFENCE'S ERS SILVER AWARD
Dunbartonshire Chamber of Commerce has been awarded the Ministry of Defence’s ERS Silver Award; the second highest accolade for supporting the Armed Forces community. An official ceremony was attended by Damon Scott, Chief Executive, Dunbartonshire Chamber of Commerce, at Edinburgh Castle recently where the Chamber and other Scottish recipients were presented with their awar ...
Clyde Shopping Centre
A new report has placed Clyde shopping centre in the top 50 the UK. The report by GlobalData, which surveyed 5,000 shoppers in the UK for their ratings looked at turnover, size and footfall. Damon Scott, Chief Executive of Dunbartonshire Chamber of Commerce, said: “It is really encouraging to hear that one of our members, Clyde Shopping Centre, has been ranked in the top 50 s ...
CHAMBER MEMBER OFFERS SOLUTION TO CARD DATA BREACHES
Following a number of high profile data breaches including the recent issues with BA's system Chamber Member, Columbus UK, provide an insight into their very own system designed to help small and medium sized business avoid suffering the same fate. BA suffers significant data breach The recent data breach that occurred at British Airways showed that even the biggest of compa ...
CHAMBER MEMBER SCOOPS SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AWARD
Emma Armstrong was recently announced as “Scottish Women’s Awards Professional of the Year”, after developing B-ABLE into a highly successful multi award-winning business.
ALL ABOARD AT CHAMBER EVENT
Chamber members and directors joined hosts at Peel Ports, Clydeport for an opportunity to have a behind the scenes tour and lunch on board the Royal Princess cruise liner. Clydeport are more than just a provider of first-class facilities and services. They also offer customers integrated transport solutions tailored to their individual needs. The world-class facilities and exc ...
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I would highly recommend chamber membership to any Dunbartonshire business. The chamber works hard to make connections and generate profile for its members and SHBT have enjoyed a number of benefits over the years.
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