Glasgow Chamber of Commerce 
Deadline draws near for Glasgow Business Awards 2010
The deadline for entries for this year’s Glasgow Business Awards is just a day away, with all nominations required by Friday 30 July.
All Glasgow organisations have been encouraged to participate in the awards and after all the entries are received on Friday, the judging process will be carried out by an appointed Glasgow Chamber of Commerce judging panel.
Applications forms can still be downloaded from www.glasgowbusinessawards.org/applications.asp for anyone looking to make a late nomination.
Early bird tickets for the event are also available if booked before 30 July.
Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, said: “We’ve already received an overwhelming number of applications but we are hoping to receive many more still right up until Friday’s deadline.”
The signature event of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, the 13th annual Glasgow Business Awards (the GBAs) will this year be held at a glittering awards ceremony and dinner at Glasgow’s Thistle Hotel on Thursday 7 October 2010.
The cream of the city’s business community will compete for 15 awards on the night, one of which will be the hugely popular Evening Times Award for Glasgow’s Favourite Business, won last year by the Q Club.
This year’s event will also contain four new categories – covering sectors including health and tourism as well as use of social media – while Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has confounded the challenging economic climate by securing six new sponsors to date.
The Awards will once again – and for the eighth consecutive year – be backed by lead sponsor the Bank of Scotland.
“We are rightly very proud of the efforts and success of Glasgow’s dynamic business community and we trust the Glasgow Business Awards 2010 will once again provide a fitting stage for us all to celebrate and toast those who are performing at the top of their game.”
New categories for this year are Happiest Healthiest Workplace, Tourism Event of the Year, Young Business Person of the Year and Best Use of Social Media with new sponsors for 2010 including Glasgow Airport, GTG Training, Scottish Power, Radio Clyde, Health at Work and Thistle Glasgow Hotel.
The full list of categories and sponsors for the 2010 Glasgow Business Awards are:
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Bank of Scotland Award for Most Outstanding Business
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Best Performing Business (25 employees or less) - sponsored by Radio Clyde
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Best Performing Business (over 25 employees) - sponsored by Glasgow City Council
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Best Use of Social Media - sponsored by Dunning
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Sustainable Development - sponsored by Scottish Water
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Creative Marketing - sponsorship opportunity available
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Equality and Diversity - sponsored by Glasgow Works
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Apprentice Employer of the Year - sponsored by GTG Training
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Excellence in Skills and Learning - sponsorship opportunity available
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Excellence in Customer Service - sponsored by Thistle Glasgow
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Young Business Person of the Year - sponsored by ScottishPower
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Tourism Event of the Year - sponsored by Glasgow Airport
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Happiest Healthiest Workplace - sponsored by Health At Work
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Evening Times Award for Glasgow's Favourite Business - sponsored by Evening Times (This is a non-application award which will be promoted by our media partner, the Evening Times, and voted for by the Glasgow public.)
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Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Award for Lifetime Achievement - sponsored by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce (This is a non-application award and the recipient will be decided by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce)
Tickets for this prestigious event are now on sale at £90.00 + VAT per person or £810.00 + VAT for a table of 10 and Early Bird offers are available if you book before Friday 30 July 2010. Details on how to purchase tickets for the Awards Ceremony and Dinner as well as much more information are also available on the Glasgow Business Awards website: www.glasgowbusinessawards.org
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce would like to thank our lead sponsor and all our category sponsors for supporting the Glasgow Business Awards.
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Extra flights for Icelandair
Icelandair have announced that extra flights to Iceland will take off from Glasgow Airport this September.
This new service to Reykjavik, which will fly on a Tuesday, will operate for five months of the year for passengers looking to jet to the Icelandic capital or using the city as a stopping point on trips to the US and Canada. The service will run from September 14 until October 26 and from April 12 to June 6 next year.
Icelandair specialises in flying passengers from the UK to Reykjavik with connecting services to Boston, Halifax, Minnea¬polis/St Paul, New York City, Orlando, Seattle and Toronto.
Hjörvar Sæberg Högnason, the airline’s general manager for the UK and Ireland, said: “We are pleased to expand our service from Manchester and Glasgow to Iceland and our North American destinations this autumn and next spring.”
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce chief executive Stuart Patrick said: “This expanded service - which will benefit both leisure and business passengers - is very welcome news indeed.
“Glasgow Airport's success is critical to the city’s economy. If the airport performs well it follows that the city and the region will also. Direct connections and connections through hubs are vital and we will continue to fully support the airport as it drives to attract more visitors, business and investment.”
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Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber has served the business community in the City for over 225 years and offers a comprehensive range of business services, products and expert training, to help business realise its potential. We offer a wide range of services including the provision of:
Members benefit from exclusive discounts on essential business supplies - negotiated on their behalf by the Chamber. The Chamber also plays a crucial role in representing members views at local, regional and national policy level. Please contact us at chamber@glasgowchamber.org if you require any further information. As an accredited Chamber of Commerce our work is regularly assessed by the British Chambers of Commerce to ensure that it is of the highest quality. We also work with Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow City Council and other partners to benefit business in Glasgow and the West of Scotland.
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