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dunbartonshire.biz is designed to allow businesses to speak and do business with each other and public agencies to get their message directly to the target market which will use their services. This website and the 32 page glossy magazine, Business in Dunbartonshire, that runs alongside it (and is also available online in pdf format) is designed to be a tool for business people who are too busy to seek out information themselves or who don't have time or energy at the end of a hard day to attend networking meetings. We want to know about special events, meetings, launches, open days so that we can include them in our diary section and keep Dunbartonshire businesses up to date with what is on for them.
And of course we have a FREE business directory - send your details, the name of your business, what you do, where you are, phone, email and web details and email them to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it You can also include a logo or photograph of your premises

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Opportunities in Commercial Construction DESPITE suffering from some recent bad press it's not all gloom for the commercial construction sector.

General news (all items)

Work experience under threat, warns FSB PAPER rounds and work experience for school pupils is being threatened by complicated and expensive new checks on employers, The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned.

Business Development (all items)

The benefits of a Community Interest Company 1: The Community Interest Company brand provides:
* Reassurance to stakeholders, as the asset lock and community purpose are regulated
* A higher profile for social enterprises and not for profit companies
* A growing network and voice within the Social Enterprise and Third Sector.

Training and Education (all items)

Scottish firms offered fire safety guidance THE Scottish Government has published a series of free sector-specific fire safety guides to help businesses comply with fire safety regulations.

Local Authorities (all items)

Solace to advise on council's new CE SOLACE Enterprises has been appointed by Argyll and Bute Council as the recruitment adviser for the process of appointing the new Chief Executive.

Tourism and Rural Issues (all items)

Bid to extend food labelling THE labelling of Scottish produce could be extended to restaurants and take-aways in a new bid to widen the government's national food policy.

Construction Industry / International(all items)

Gladedale plan for Dumbarton sites HOUSE builder Gladedale has unveiled plans for a new £30 million housing scheme in West Dunbartonshire.

Travel and Transport (all items)

MP calls for lower car tax for rural businesses SPEAKING in the House of Commons last night (Wednesday), Alan Reid, Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll & Bute, called for a lower rate of Vehicle Excise Duty (car tax) to be charged on vehicles that are essential to the operation of small rural businesses.

Finance / Law (all items)

Insolvencies to grow DESPITE the confidence of the CBI over the manufacturing sector, a leading corporate recovery specialist has predicted that the number of businesses failing north of the Border will climb by 20 per cent in 2008 as the credit crunch begins to bite in earnest.

Scottish Government (all items)

Business losing faith in politicians A SURVEY by the British Chambers of Commerce has revealed that Britain's business community is losing faith in politicians and no longer believe their representatives understand their needs.

Conferences / Exhibitions (all items)

Government Minister to open conference THE Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, Jim Mather MSP, will be the guest speaker opening the SFBA conference at Ratho, Edinburgh on Wednesday June 18.

Science and Technology (all items)

Businesses not cashing in on university research NEW research by Universities Scotland has revealed Scottish businesses are failing to cash in on the research work done by the nation's seats of learning.

Health Matters (all items)

Scottish businesses lagging behind in Challenge stakes BUSINESS from across Scotland are being urged to pull on their trainers and sign up for the Bupa Great Edinburgh Run on Sunday, May 4 as part of the Business Challenge.

Dunbartonshire
DUNBARTONSHIRE lies to the north west of Glasgow and covers some 250 square miles divided between large industrial towns, rural villages and areas internationally famous for their breathtaking beauty. Dunbartonshire has excellent transport links and a wide range of visitor attractions in its own right making it a popular base for tourists planning to explore the central belt, enjoy the West Highland Way or make use of the county’s world famous golfing, sailing and angling opportunities. The more highland flavour of West Dunbartonshire with the towering Arrochar Alps, beautiful Ben Lomond and of course the rugged magnificence of Loch Lomond makes it a popular destination for tourists.
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Welcome to dunbartonshire.biz the online business community. To join in, make comments or submit your own news please go to the "member log in" area on the front page and click register to access the registration form.

If you would like to see all the entries under a particular news section click on the section name tab.

We would like to know about any events you are organising, product launches, talks, seminars, openings, anniversaries etc., so we can include them in the diary.

And of course we have a FREE business directory - send your details, the name of your business, what you do, where you are, phone, email and web details and email them to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

You can also include a logo or photograph of your premises.

Just think!

Better than a CD-ROM ... our brains are capable of retaining about 100 billion bits of information. That's the equivalent of 500 encyclopedias! ~ Jean Stine

There are 200 billion neurons in the adult human brain. That's as many stars as there are in some galaxies! ~ Camden Benares

As we think, the brain undergoes 100,000 chemical interactions per second! ~ Jean Stine

Latest Magazine
Have you got yours?

The latest issue of Business in Dunbartonshire Magazine will be out this week and will be widely available but if you miss it, click on the cover picture to download it in pdf format. This issue features some timely advice from Curry King Charan Gill , some useful info on redundancy and dismissal, features about local businesses, what is new at the Business Gateway and how to get in touch with them and all the news from Clydebank Redevlopment and the Helensburgh Partnership as well as updates on what is happening in Kirkintilloch.

The Titan Crane in Clydebank - soon to open to the public

Kirkintilloch's new swimming pool and leisure centre

The conference room, Rosslea Hotel, Rhu

Scotkart racer - see news

Looking over the Clyde

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