UWS announced as ROCCO 2014 Main Sponsor Renfrewshire Chamber is delighted to announce the University of the West of Scotland as the Main Sponsor for its annual business awards, the ROCCOs. Now in its 11th year the ROCCO Awards is the area's premier black tie business event attracting 500 guests every year. Commenting on the
SIR CHRIS HOY UNVEILS GLASGOW AIRPORT’S NEW LOOK INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS Britain's most successful ever Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy MBE, visited Glasgow Airport today (Wednesday 16 July) to officially open its new international arrival area and declare the airport ready for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. As part of its extensive preparations for the Games, Glasgow Airport
Festival of fun planned for Queen’s Baton Relay The countdown is on until the Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay arrives in Renfrewshire later this week – with a full-day festival of fun planned. Thursday 17 July will see the Baton – the symbol of the Glasgow 2014 Games – visit every one of Renfrewshire’s 15
Astronauts touch down for Renfrewshire space school A team of former NASA astronauts, trainers and scientists have touched down in Paisley to run an exclusive one-week space school for 200 young people. Mission Discovery is an international educational programme which has never before been brought to Scotland. Renfrewshire school pupils from S3-S5 will be the
WIZZ AIR LAUNCHES NEW ROUTES IN POLAND 6 NEW ROUTES FROM 5 POLISH AIRPORTS Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe*, today announced further enhancements to its low fare route network from Poland, with 6 new routes from 5 different airports. Flights to Glasgow from Katowice and Poznan will start
City Deal means double jobs boost for Renfrewshire Unemployed people in Renfrewshire can look forward to doubling their chances of landing a job thanks to the £1.13billion City Deal investment package agreed last week. Councillor Mark Macmillan, Leader of Renfrewshire Council, said, “The City Deal focuses on 20 major infrastructure projects across the Clyde Valley.
Exhibition opens at Paisley Museum as part of nation-wide contemporary art festival A contemporary art exhibition, called Information, will open at Paisley Museum on 11 July as part of the Generation festival, a nation-wide celebration of Scottish Contemporary Art. This exhibition re-visits an earlier Information exhibition that was held at the Museum 25 years ago
Glasgow Airport gears up for busy summer getaway Glasgow Airport is gearing up for one of its busiest periods of the year as tens of thousands of holidaymakers prepare to take to the skies for their summer holidays. More than 140,000 people are expected to pass through the airport over the coming weekend with many
Paisley Charity Benefits from Ben Nevis Climb 16 colleagues took fundraising to new heights in order to raise £4,048 for a learning disability charity based in Paisley. The team from Scottish recruitment business Eden Scott put their energy and endurance to the test to tackle Britain’s highest peak at 1,352m to raise money for The
Glasgow gives a ‘WEE’ taste of Doors Open Day to Games visitors Mini Doors Open Day is part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme: Glasgow Building Preservation Trust and partners have confirmed that they will be organising a Wee Doors Open Day to take place on Wednesday 23rd July, to give visitors to Glasgow
Barrhead project launch You are invited! Wednesday 25th June, 12-4pm @ Barrhead Community Museum, Main Street, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire G78 1SW Young people from East Renfrewshire have been involved in a project to transform the interior space in Barrhead Museum. You are invited to the launch of the new space between 12-4pm. A presentation of
Provost’s Ball is a box office smash Renfrewshire’s Provost Anne Hall celebrates a successful night at her charity ball. The Hollywood-themed evening raised approximately £12,000 for Provost Hall’s chosen charities. Over 200 big-hearted people attended the black tie event and participated in the auctions throughout the night. Guests were greeted with the Paparazzi, a novelty