South Ayrshire Council and Elite Ayrshire Business Circle welcome Chinese delegation
Submitted by: Fame Publicity Services
2012-09-23 00:00:23
Ayrshire Scotland (OPENPRESS) September 23, 2012 -- South Ayrshire Council Leader Bill McIntosh and Provost Helen Moodie welcomed ten senior business executives from China to the County Buildings in Ayr, when they attended an Elite Ayrshire Business Circle meeting in the building.
Members of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle had asked Councillor McIntosh to facilitate a presentation by South Ayrshire Council to tell the visitors about South Ayrshire. It was an ideal opportunity to highlight some important potential areas of investment opportunity - tourism, renewable energies, engineering, property and infrastructure.
Councillor McIntosh said: "South Ayrshire offers some fantastic opportunities, and we are delighted to welcome this high-level trade and investment delegation.
"In the current economic climate it is more important than ever that as a Council we do all that we can to facilitate new investment and long-term jobs to the area.
"We are delighted to work with members of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle to promote the businesses and people of South Ayrshire around the globe."
Elite Ayrshire Business Circle managing director Murdoch MacDonald commented: "The members of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle span many areas of knowledge and capability. We are delighted to be able to use our connections around the globe for the benefit of Ayrshire, and this trade and investment delegation exemplifies how we work.
"Our members Jim and Meiqin McColm have played a key part in bringing this important visit to Ayrshire, for which we offer them our thanks and appreciation. We warmly welcome the delegation, and expect their three-day visit to generate new opportunities for our member businesses and Ayrshire more widely."
South Ayrshire Council is a Founder Member of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle.
THE ELITE AYRSHIRE BUSINESS CIRCLE
The Elite Ayrshire Business Circle is an association founded in 2007 by some of the top companies in Ayrshire.
Its purpose is to publicise its members, and to celebrate and promote the wealth and rich diversity of entrepreneurial talent and business excellence that abounds here within the county boundaries of Ayrshire.
Members include the Clydesdale Bank, Ayr Racecourse, Western House Hotel, Turnberry Golf Resort and South Ayrshire Council. Member company activities include broadcasting, building and construction, architectural practice, estate agency and land management, chartered accountancy, insurance broking, legal services, golf club management, marketing services and brand creation, web design and public relations consultancy.
Frazer Coogans Commercial Solicitors senior partner Norman Geddes is executive chairman of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle, and managing director is public relations consultancy Fame Publicity Services proprietor Murdoch MacDonald.
http://www.frazercoogans.co.uk
For further information about The Elite Ayrshire Business Circle and to apply for membership, e-mail eliteayrshire@gmail.com
