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Recognition for Singer collection MEMORABILIA from the Clydebank’s Singer factory is set to gain recognition as a collection of national historical significance.

General news

Chamber awards A SPECIAL awards ceremony honoured a trio of top Dunbartonshire businesses recently.

Business Development / Retail

M&S bring Simply Food to Bishopbriggs RETAIL giant Marks and Spencer has confirmed it will open its new store in Bishopbriggs soon.

Training / Education

MP opens £540,000 Clydebank College campus on Dumbarton High Street A RECENT addition to Clydebank College’s further education facilities was unveiled on Friday 24th October with the official opening of the new Dumbarton High Street campus.

Local Authorities

Top award for council WEST Dunbartonshire Council has lifted the National Community Regeneration Award at the 2008 Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum Awards.

Tourism / Rural Issues

Save our forests ALAN Reid, Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll & Bute, called on the SNP Government to drop its plan to sell off Scotland’s forests.

Construction Industry / International

Hermitage Academy site gets go ahead THE John Dickie Homes' development on the former Hermitage Academy site in Helensburgh has been given the final go ahead.

Travel / Transport

Top business award for SPT STRATHCLYDE Partnership for Transport’s (SPT) inaugural Subway Festival took the ‘Creative Marketing’ award at the Glasgow Business Awards.

Finance / Law

Beware of Hidden Costs of Redundancy RECESSION inevitably leads to redundancies and everyday we are hearing of more and more job losses. As an employer, the “headline” cost of redundancies is the amount that has to be paid out in statutory redundancy payments, which depends on employees’ age, service and weekly pay.

Scottish Government

Increased support for SMEs A GRANT scheme for small and medium sized businesses is being extended across the whole of Scotland to help firms weather the global downturn, Enterprise Minister Jim Mather announced this week.

Conferences / Exhibitions

Managing through the financial crisis MANAGING your business through the economic climate is an interactive business workshop event aimed at SMEs which will offer practical advice on how to manage your business in the current economic climate.

Science and Technology

BT calls for Scottish support for largest ever investment in Super-fast Broadband

BT has urged the Scottish government and other public sector bodies to grasp a unique opportunity to bring super-fast broadband to Scotland.

Businesses not cashing in on university research

Health Matters

Private firms to be banned from hospitals PRIVATE cleaning and catering firms are to be banned from Scottish Hospitals, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon announced at her party’s annual conference.

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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Face painting was free! Claire Stevenson with a young customer

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Partners Toni and Louise drink to the future

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Toni Howard with a celebration bouquet

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Partners Toni Howard and Louise Higgins outside the shop

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The economic repercussions of a stock market crash depend less on the severity of the crash itself than on the response of economic policymakers, particularly central bankers.
Ben Bernanke