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	Politics of Glasgow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics in Glasgow, Scotland, are evident in the deliberations and decisions of the city council of Glasgow (Glaschu in Gaelic), in elections to the council, and in elections to the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster).
		Glasgow Corporation Transport, was under the control of the Glasgow Corporation, and ran the local buses and Glasgow Trams, until creation of the Strathclyde region in 1975.
		The city council established in 1996 is a unitary authority, with powers and reponsibilites previously divided between councils of the Glasgow City district and the Strathclyde region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glasgow_City_Council (974 words)

	Scotland: Glasgow City Council
		Glasgow City Council was created in 1996 (and has the largest population of local authorities in Scotland) from an amalgamation of two former councils, Glasgow District Council and Strathclyde Regional Council.
		The Lord Provost is the civic leader of the Council and acts as the convener of the Council and as the main representative of the City locally, nationally and regionally.
		The Council itself consists of 79 elected Members and its political head is the Leader of the Council.
	www.culturalprofiles.org.uk /scotland/Units/875.html (423 words)

	Attenda - Clients - Glasgow City Council
		Glasgow City Council is the largest unitary authority in Scotland.
		Access Glasgow is Glasgow City Council’s approach to the Modernising Government Agenda and will be a significant factor, not only in enhancing public service delivery but also in providing the means for citizens of Glasgow to take advantage of the world of technology and e-commerce.
		To facilitate the Council’s aggressive delivery targets for launch of the new Council website by March 2004, the website was temporarily hosted with another partner whilst Attenda progressed build and implementation of the new platform.
	www.attenda.net /Clients/GlasgowCC.aspx (1073 words)

	news
		As Audit Scotland today published its annual report on Scottish councils' environmental performance indicators [1], Green MSP Patrick Harvie said he was outraged by the lack of progress Glasgow City Council has made on recycling.
		Glasgow has only achieved a 0.1% increase in the past year - that really is unacceptable." Glasgow has the sixth worst percentage rate of recycling out of all 32 of Scotland's local authorities.
		Mr Harvie believes the Council's excuses bear no weight as the Council was awarded £9,389,500 from the fund in November 2003, £1,010,500 in 2003/04, £4,111,500 in 2004/05 and will receive a further £4,267,500 in 2005/06.
	www.glasgowgreens.org /news.php?article=40 (551 words)

	Glasgow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The city centre is bounded by the High Street to the east, the River Clyde to the south and the M8 motorway to the west and north which was built through the Charing Cross and Anderston areas in the 1960s.
		Glasgow's West End refers to the bohemian district of cafés, bars, boutique's, upmarket hotels, clubs and restaurants in the hinterland of Kelvingrove Park, the University of Glasgow, BBC Scotland's Headquarters, Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.
		Glasgow is the largest and most dynamic economy in Scotland and is at the hub of the metropolitan area of West Central Scotland which has a total population of around 2.3 million, nearly half of Scotland's total population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/City_of_Glasgow (8122 words)

	Glasgow Conservation Trust West
		From 1990 to 2006, the Glasgow Conservation Trust West was a registered charity with a remit to conserve and promote the historic West End of Glasgow, one of the finest examples of Victorian town development in Britain.
		Glasgow City Council intends to establish a city-wide conservation body -- with the support of Historic Scotland -- in the next financial year, but no details have been released as to the remit of this new organisation.
		Friends of Glasgow West: The Trust is supported by a voluntary group now numbering over 200 members which publishes material on building conservation, organises public lectures, co-ordinates local history events and undertakes research in such areas as decorative glass and co-operative property management.
	www.glasgowwest.org (622 words)

	Museum of Transport Glasgow, Glasgow Transport Museum, Zaha Hadid
		The decisions were taken by the members of Glasgow Council's Working Group on the Regeneration of the River Clyde after the firms on the final shortlists had made presentations and been interviewed.
		Charles Gordon, of Glasgow City Council, was reported to have rejected appointing a Scottish architect for the new Museum of Transport in Glasgow's Kelvinside in favour of a signature architect such as Foster or Gehry:
		The leader of Glasgow City Council should be credited with kick starting the current regeneration initiatives for the Clyde, particularly, when many in the past had turned their backs.
	www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk /museum_of_transport_glasgow.htm (1496 words)

	GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF AN INTERLOCUTOR DATED 4TH JULY 2003 OF A SHERIFF OF THE SHERIFFDOM OF ...
		The Second Division dismissed the County Council's action as incompetent, holding that the sheriff had acted within his powers in recalling the sheriff substitute's interlocutor, because the sheriff substitute had not disposed of the merits of the appeal.
		In Dundee City Council, Petitioners, 1999 Fam LR 13, Lord Cameron of Lochbroom considered as the first issue whether the petitioners could competently apply to this Court in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction to reduce the sheriff's determination, and reached the conclusion that there was no doubt that this Court is entitled to interfere.
		In Aberdeen City Council v Wokoma 2002 SLT 878 Lord Drummond Young also considered the competency of judicial review and was quite satisfied for the reasons set out in City of Dundee Council, Petitioners, that the present procedure was competent.
	www.scotcourts.gov.uk /opinions/MEN1112.html (9152 words)

	Press Releases - Glasgow City Council LLP - Shepherd and Wedderburn
		Glasgow City Council’s decision to establish a limited liability partnership to replace its Direct Labour Organisation has created more than 120 new jobs and a first within the local government sector in Scotland.
		The new businesses – City Building (Glasgow) LLP and its sister business, City Building (Contracts) LLP – will now be in a position to bid for new contracts and early estimates suggest the workforce will swell to almost 2,300 as a consequence.
		“Glasgow City Council is the first, but will not be the last local government authority in Scotland to take this significant step, having taken a long hard look at how they best maximise the resources within their direct labour organisations," said Liz.
	www.shepwedd.co.uk /news/view/103/glasgow-city-council-llp (376 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Council guilty of discrimination
		The cases were brought by two employees of Glasgow City Council, one Zimbabwean and the other of Indian origin.
		Glasgow City Council said it was studying the judgements.
		She added: "In light of the court's findings we would expect to see Glasgow City Council undertaking a full review of its employment procedures and taking concrete steps to ensure and to reassure people that, regardless of their ethnicity, they will get fair treatment from them in future.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/4500024.stm (535 words)

	Glasgow Economic Facts - Social & Economic Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Scottish Enterprise Glasgow is the Local Enterprise Company for the city of Glasgow, operating in the same geographical area as Glasgow City Council.
		The Glasgow Alliance is the overarching public sector partnership in Glasgow.
		Glasgow Chamber of Commerce is the principal representation body for the business community in Glasgow.
	www.glasgoweconomicfacts.com /links/default.htm (374 words)

	Glasgow Chamber of Commerce : Small business advice for companies in Scotland UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Glasgow Chamber of Commerce opposed the Bill as it does not support the objective of delivering to business, but instead hampers Scottish businesses with further financial, administrative and regulatory burdens.
		The city is enjoying its highest level of private capital investment since the Victorian era, with latest figures up 11% on last year.
		Our vision for Glasgow city centre is straightforward - it will be one of the most dynamic, economically competitive and attractive city centres in Europe and the best in the UK outside London".
	www.glasgowchamberonline.org (856 words)

	GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL v McFarlane
		The two Appellants appear by Ms R.Edgar and the City Council by Mr I. Truscott, Q.C. The appeal raises the issue of whether the two Appellants, qualified gymnastic instructors, were employees properly - so-called of the City Council.
		From 1991 onwards there was a considerable increase in the demand for training in gymnastics within the city of Glasgow with an increase in the number of gymnastic programmes run by the respondents and an increase in the demand for the services of appropriately qualified gymnastic coaches, such as the applicants.”
		To that extent the Council could veto a replacement and also could ensure that such persons as were named on the register were persons in whom the Council could repose trust and confidence.
	www.egos.co.uk /cases/Glasgow_v_Macfarlane.htm (3465 words)

	Glasgow City Council Area
		The Queens Cross East project was established as a joint venture between Greater Glasgow Health Board, Glasgow City Council Social Work Department and Queens Cross Housing Association to assist long-term hospital residents with mental illness to return to live in the community.
		This south west Glasgow based project aims to adopt a multi-disciplinary, collaborative approach in the process of successful identification, assessment and service co-ordination for those with dementia and their carers.
		Glasgow City Implementation Group (treatment and cause) has agreed to establish an inter-agency review of services purchase through health and social work and provided by the voluntary sector.
	www.gla.ac.uk /centres/nuffield/iwp/iwp_init_la_glasgow_city.html (892 words)

	-- Glasgow City Council -- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Glasgow is ready to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
		Glasgow is the best UK shopping centre outside London and has excellent business, cultural, sport and tourist facilities.
		That's why the City was European City of Culture on 1990 and 1999 UK City of Architecture and Design.
	appserver.glasgow.gov.uk /haht-bin/hsrun/webapps/webapps/mainpage/mainpage.htx;start=HS_wmain (148 words)

	G. G. FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DECISIONS BY GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL TO REFUSE TO FUND TRANSPORT COSTS v. , 11 July 2001, ...
		He and his mother live in D. within the local government area of the City of Glasgow Council who are the respondents in these proceedings.
		His schooling at primary level involved his attendance at a school in M. situated in what is now the area of North Lanarkshire Council but which at the inception of those arrangements was within the wider territorial area of the former education authority, Strathclyde Regional Council.
		"Glasgow City Council provides free transport for all primary pupils who live more than one mile from their local school (by the recognised shortest safe walking route) and to secondary pupils who live more than two miles from the local school (by the recognised shortest safe walking route).
	www.scotcourts.gov.uk /opinions/p368_01.html (4711 words)

	Glasgow City Halls - City Halls Learning Programme
		City Halls, Glasgowâs centre for music performance and education, will provide high quality, diverse and innovative music learning and participation opportunities for people of all ages and abilities.
		City Halls Learning Programme will be delivered by a highly experienced group of organisations, each one bringing a wealth of expertise and skills in music education.
		These providers are: Glasgow Cultural Enterprises, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Celtic Connections, Scottish Music Centre, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Glasgow City Council (Glasgow Educational Services and Cultural and Leisure Services).
	www.glasgowcityhalls.com /cityhalls/index.cfm?&pid=800&mid=550 (181 words)

	Case studies - Glasgow City Council
		THUS is working with Glasgow City Council on a £42m project over six years to upgrade and replace the council's communications network.
		Glasgow City Council is one of the largest UK local authorities, and the upgrade of its network is vitally important.
		THUS is working with the council to provide a fully converged internet protocol network to underpin its 'Access Glasgow' programme, which is dedicated to using technology to enhance delivery of public services.
	www.thus.net /industrysectors/localgovernment/glasgow.shtml (162 words)

	Glasgow City Halls - Meet the Partners
		City Halls, Glasgow’s centre for music, aims to breathe new life into music performance and education, in all genres, for people from all walks of life.
		Glasgow Cultural Enterprises was created in March 1988 in order to establish and run Glasgow's new International Concert Hall.
		As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glasgow City Council with its own fundraising capabilities, it was later registered as a charity in 1992.
	www.glasgowcityhalls.com /cityhalls/index.cfm?&pid=75&mid=50 (707 words)

	elcom.com \| Glasgow City Council Goes Live on eProcurement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		John Sherry, Procurement Programme Director, Glasgow City Council said: "Glasgow City Council is delighted to have worked in partnership with the Scottish Executive to achieve a successful and on schedule phase 1 implementation of the ePS programme.
		Glasgow, with a population of around 600,000, is Scotland's largest city and is the commercial capital of Scotland.
		The city is administered by Glasgow City Council with the municipal headquarters, the City Chambers, situated in George Square, at the heart of the city.
	www.uk.elcom.com /news_story.asp?id=332 (523 words)

	Dumbreck, Glasgow School, Kelvin, Carnbooth, Scotland, gm+ad
		Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop, working in conjunction with City Design Cooperative and Buro Happold, have released their concept proposals for Dumbreck, a new school for children aged from 4 to 18, with severe visual, mobility and sensory impairment.
		The commission is for Glasgow City Council and will include residential accomodation and teaching space for children from age 4 to 18.
		The practice has also recently won a Europa Nostra Award for their work to Glasgow Central Sation but there is no doubt the partners feel this project for Dumbreck is something special.
	www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk /dumbreck_school.htm (1321 words)

	Glasgow-Edinburgh Collaboration » Frequently Asked Questions
		Glasgow and Edinburgh have a concentration of and type of population, businesses and institutions than differs from other parts of Scotland.
		City collaboration complements these initiatives, recognising also that the cities have a strong relationship that overcomes the fact that they are not immediately adjacent.
		The current collaboration venture is a partnership among the City of Edinburgh Council, Glasgow City Council, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian, and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow.
	www.glasgow-edinburgh.co.uk /?page_id=28 (1280 words)

	Glasgow City Council launches unique woodland unit \| 24dash.com - Local Government
		Glasgow has become the first city in Scotland to have its own Sustainable Woodland Management Unit in a bid to encourage healthy living.
		Robert Booth, the city council's Director of Land Services, said: "As well as being a major asset to the city, Glasgows woodlands are amongst the most unique in Scotland and its vital we keep it that way.
		Isabel Glasgow, Chairwoman of Scottish Natural Heritages West Areas Board, said: "Alongside the obvious benefits for wildlife, active management of the citys woodlands will give the people of Glasgow even better opportunities for recreation, learning and enjoyment in their local green spaces.
	www.24dash.com /content/news/viewnews.php?navID=2&newsID=1724 (502 words)

	Glasgow Film Office : Filming in Glasgow
		Their output supports the production industry in Glasgow by sustaining television dramas like Taggart, now in its 20th year of production and Monarch of the Glen which, although filmed in the north of Scotland, utilises Glasgow crew and facilities.
		There are over 600, highly skilled freelance crew in the city covering all crew grades.
		Glasgow is considered as the only regional alternative to London, which is able to provide experienced crew for simultaneous large scale productions.
	www.glasgowfilm.org.uk /filming_in_glasgow/default.asp (521 words)

	Amicus the Union - Glasgow City Council âjewelâ at risk from council steamroller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Around 3,000 people work at Glasgow council Building Services which has won a string of awards for its operations which include maintaining and improving thousands of Glasgow homes, building local schools, training hundreds of local youngsters as construction apprentices and employing local disabled people.
		But Amicus is worried this could all be at risk if the council hives off the department to a council-owned limited company - a move the union fears could be the first step in a ‘two-stage privatisation’.
		A council evaluation of Glasgow schools built separately by Balfour Beatty and Building Services found that the council department had outperformed the private sector in several key areas including number of defects and quality of materials used.
	www.amicustheunion.org /Default.aspx?page=3510 (563 words)

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