Skyline Summer 2015

SKYLINE

Skypark Magazine

ISSUE 18: SUMMER '15

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IN THIS ISSUE

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Q & A with Nick Petheram, CEO of Bell Integration Welcome Statkraft

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McCann Complete Medical fit the bill!

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Summer launch for Skypark 5

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Bake-off Success for Cash for Kids

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A round up of our on-site services

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Competition: WIN a hamper full of goodies from Rainbow Turtle

Get set for ‘Sky in the Park’ and our charity abseil!

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From your coat pocket to the gallery walls Riel Noir exhibition

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Four Seasons Nursery News

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How can art help your business grow?

Workshops with Anna Sundt

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MEET THE TEAM

Angela Higgins Owner/Director Resonance Capital

WELCOME Hello and welcome to the new issue of Skyline!

Hello and welcome to the summer issue of Skyline!

Ken Barrett Owner/Director Resonance Capital

Mark Holmes Asset Manager Moorfield Group

Malcolm McFetridge Centre Manager Skypark

Lynne Feighan Deputy Centre Manager Skypark

We’re very, very busy planning fun events for our much loved charities, including our annual summer site social and welcoming some new faces to our buzzing business campus!

On Friday the 21st of August, we’ll be rocking it out with Skypark friends and family in our very own music festival (from 3-7pm). Grab your drinks vouchers, enjoy great street food, and listen to Glasgow's finest bands and DJs at our summer site social! You also have the chance to take part in the Charity Abseil down Skypark One for 'Finding Your Feet' and 'Cash for Kids', supported on site by Radio Clyde presenters. Make sure you get your tickets for the whole family before they run out!

We are also thrilled to introduce Bell Integration and Statkraft, the power generation company, as our newest residents into Scotland's biggest business campus. We look forward to seeing the teams around Skypark!

Finally, don't forget to look up when you pass the Clydeside Expressway, where Clyde Space and McCann Complete Medical are the latest companies to take part in our 20ft tall, bill board campaign, "Skypark is..."!

We hope you enjoy the magazine and we hope the sun shines where ever you are this summer!

Best wishes

Carol Johnston Concierge Skypark

Lisa Kirsop Marketing Associate & Tenant Liaison Skypark

Lisa Kirsop Marketing Associate & Tenant Liaison Lisa@skypark-glasgow.com

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delivered in a flexible and cost effective model to support our customers business.

When was the Company established?

The Company was established

by Alastair Bell in 1996. We currently employ over 200 permanent staff and over 50 associates in various locations in Scotland, London, Portsmouth and on many customer sites.

We also have operations in Singapore and New York.

What does Bell Integration do?

Bell Integration is a UK head quartered IT services and consulting company, focused on reducing the cost of IT and improving service delivery and sustainability for our customers. In this world of rapidly moving Information Technology, it is essential to have a clearly defined approach to transforming and evolving infrastructure platforms. Utilising our proven approach and methodology, Bell has delivered 100’s of successful projects for our customers. Our team of specialists offer an extensive range of capabilities aimed at driving continued improvement,

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Our capabilities include Managed Services, Resource Services, Project and Consulting Services and Technology Sourcing and Retirement.

We are able to provide our specialised consultants for a specific project or engagement or several separate consulting challenges, whether short or long term. We also specialise in guiding our customers along the full lifecycle of transforming and managing their IT infrastructure, delivering flexible and innovative services where we focus on: improving service levels, improving visibility and improving efficiency.

IT lifecycle management also includes removing all redundant IT equipment in line with the WEEE directive and Environment Agency legislation. Bell Integration helps companies drive costs from their operations and improve their ability to engage with their own customers, either by supporting the growth of their channels to market, or by aiding their responsive and service quality.

For more information please visit www.bell-integration.com.

How many employees will work at Skypark?

Initially, ten or so employees – growing as we expand our business in Scotland. Our location in Skypark is a strategic location from which we deliver remote managed services for our UK customer base. We expect significant growth in Managed Services in the coming months and therefore plan to expand our presence at Skypark.

Why Skypark?

It is in a great location for our customers, when compared against the competition in the area, the Skypark facility was found to have greater amenities and was significantly more commercially viable.

Who do we work with?

Bell Integration’s customers range from large Telecommunications companies to local government and financial institutions. We have customers across Europe and also further afield such as New Zealand and Africa.

Nick Petheram, CEO Bell Integration

Welcome Statkraft

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tatkraft, the power generation company is our newest resident to join Skypark, Scotland’s biggest business campus.

Statkraft operates hydropower plants, onshore and offshore wind farms across the UK. The new Glasgow office is a base for the company’s onshore wind farm business in Scotland.

We look forward to seeing Stuart Black and the rest of the team around Skypark!

For more information contact Stuart.Black@statkraft.com or visit www.statkraft.com

Image: Baillie Wind Farm, Scotland - 21 turbines with a total capacity of 52.5 MW.

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McCann Complete Medical Fit the Bill!

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cCann Complete Medical is the latest company to take part in our ‘Carrie Bradshaw’ style bill board campaign “Skypark is…” that represents the people in our thriving business community.

The 20 foot tall billboards feature David McMinn, Medical Writer for Complete HealthVizion and Suzanne McAllister, Medical Writer for CMC, alongside the Clydeside Expressway, the gateway to the city centre and the west end.

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The campaign is a great talking point for businesses, raising awareness of the companies, people and service offer at Skypark. If you are Interested in featuring your company in “Skypark is…”, please contact Lisa@skypark-glasgow. com.

Visit www.skypark-glasgow.com and www.facebook.com/skyparkglasgow

1. What does McCann Complete Medical Ltd do?

McCann Complete Medical works with the international pharmaceutical industry to help communicate the value, safety and benefit of new medicines to healthcare professionals.

2. Are there any specific projects or services to highlight?

We work on a wide range of projects, including international meetings, slide kits, publications and online educational materials.

3. When was the company established?

The company was established in June 1990 in Macclesfield, UK. The first Glasgow office opened in March 2003.

4. How many employees are based at Skypark?

We currently have 30 employees based at Skypark. McCann Complete Medical employs over 300 employees based in various offices in the UK and the US. 5. Why move to Skypark?

We had outgrown our previous office space and decided to move to Skypark due to the quality of the location, the scope for expansion, and the access to a specialist medical knowledge talent pool.

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kypark is delighted to announce that our new look ‘Skypark 5’, phase 1 is now completed, creating a new office concept in Finnieston enhancing the local area. We’re also delighted to welcome Peninsula and Land Engineering, along with Clyde Space and Spire, the first tenants to move in!

The makeover represents a £2.5m investment offering two options of contemporary loft style open plan space with exposed ceilings and brickwork and feature wall finishes and a traditional office fit out.

New toilet and shower facilities are available within the common areas of each floor.

Commenting on the completion, Skypark’s asset manager Angela Higgins says: “We can offer companies of all sizes and sectors, a funky, design led business destination where spaces can be customised to suit a variety of businesses and their needs.

Finnieston is thriving as the new face of leisure in Glasgow and Skypark 5 is perfectly located to take advantage and attract even more businesses here.”

To find out more on Skypark 5 contact Lisa@skypark-glasgow.com.

images show the new Skypark 5 lobby

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get set for sky in the park, our summer site social! sun cream, tick : sandals, tick : sky in the park, tick-ets!!!

Our summer site social is coming soon and this time we will be rockin’ … to Sky in the Park, our very own music festival!

Skypark tenants, friends and family are invited to this fantastic event on Friday 21st August, 3.30pm to 7.00 pm, in the Lower Cranston Street car park, with FREE tickets from Carol at Skypark’s main reception.

Sky in the Park will feature craft beers, cocktail bar and soft drinks (vouchers on arrival), street food, a line up of Glasgow’s finest bands and DJs, shopping, family fun and the chance to do a charity abseil down Skypark One for Finding Your Feet and Cash for Kids.

We’ll even have Radio Clyde DJs on site supporting the abseil. Find out more on how to get involved with the abseil from Carol at Skypark reception. Follow the Sky in the Park updates on our facebook page and watch for posters around site. See you there!

raising vital funds for cash for kids & finding your Feet

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Pick-up a sponsorship form or set up an online fundraising page. Just ask us for more details.

The abseil will take place from 12-7pm. Friends and family are welcome to come and watch, and enjoy the festival fun!

Come along to our annual summer event! #skyinthepark

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other iPhone artwork printed onto textiles, showcasing Riel’s distinctive response to new iPhone technology and the potential that any smartphone owner has to create his or her own portfolio.

“My exhibition is a response to the advances in technology that iPhone and smartphone cameras have undergone, as well as the range of camera apps and picture editing software now available to everyone,” said Riel, when she sat down with Skyline to discuss her exhibition. “For over a year now I have left my professional cameras on the shelf, bringing them out only when a photography job demands it – all my creative work now is made on my iPhone and iPad. Smartphone photography is so exciting, because it is the new frontier in photography with affordable apps that allow everyone to explore their creative side.”

From your coat pocket to the gallery walls Trend-setting iPhone photo exhibition & workshop open at Skypark Skypark is hosting a photography exhibition with a unique twist: all the photos featured have been taken and edited with the use of an iPhone and iPad that together create a mobile studio. iPhone Photography by photographer and artist Riel Noir features 24 framed fine art giclée prints and

Riel, who studied at Glasgow School of Art and has exhibited extensively in the UK, Denmark and soon the US, will also be leading a workshop for Skypark tenants on what can be achieved with picture editing apps on smartphones and tablets, and the benefits using them could bring: “iPhone photography is a great asset to anyone who wants to update their online presence, but cannot afford a professional photographer. Many people are capable of creating interesting images but others could do with some help, which is why I have designed a workshop targeted to the small business owner who in the past wouldn’t have dreamt of buying a DSLR to do their own photos, but is happy to use their phone camera for this purpose.

“My workshop is a taster that will provide a starting point for those wishing to improve their photographs generally and who may want to approach their images in a creative fashion, employing apps with filters that can alter and improve the nature of their photos. I think the reason why the iPhone works so well as a camera is because it’s the camera that’s always with you!”

The iPhone photo editing workshop for Skypark tenants will take place on 23rd July at 5:45pm at Skypark.

For more information and to book your place for this free workshop, please contact rielnoir@hotmail.co.uk.

Riel Noir will be running an iPhone photography and editing work shop at Strathclyde University on 27th July 10-4. To find out more contact: rielnoir@hotmail.co.uk To view more of Riel Noir’s artwork and photos, please visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rielnoir/

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NURSERY NEWS As always, the nursery has been very, very busy raising funds, baking and have even made a fitness CD! Read on for this issue’s update…

Children of all ages “Made money with Mummy” for Comic Relief by taking part in a dancethon, so as well as having great fun and exercising, the nursery made an amazing £1538! The children and parents made a superb array of baking and we all enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea party. The older children, even made a fitness CD which they filmed in the gym to much hilarity, and raised funds by selling it to their parents.

On the management front, Inez was nominated and shortlisted for a special NMT award as one of the top 20 most influential people in childcare in the whole of Britain. This was a wonderful accolade for all the work she does not only for Four Seasons but for the wider Glasgow and Scottish day care sector. She attended the awards dinner in London and although she did not win, Inez was “amazed and humbled to have been shortlisted for such a prestigious award”. We have entered the nursery into the Scottish NMT awards to be held later this year.

If anyone working in Skypark has skills or hobbies they would like to share with us please e-mail skypark@fourseasonsnurseries.co.uk or pop in to visit.

We would like to wish Inez Murray a very happy retirement!

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Images: Four Seasons Nursery children and parents taking part in the Dancethon for Comic Relief

How can you unlock the creativity and talent in your people?

How can art help your business grow?

In July, Skypark will host a series of ‘smART Business’ workshops run by Anna Sundt, Director of Creamer & Sundt. These workshops are for you - and after a survey (thanks to those who responded) - we have chosen the topics which interest you the most. Aimed at business leaders, HR and L&D specialists you will walk away with practical ways to improve your business - all with a splash of creativity and art-based strategies.

Who is Anna? Anna Sundt is a business psychologist and painter who was artist-in-residence at Skypark in 2013.

(You may remember her sketching in the foyer, or in your business.) The artworks formed part of her degree show at the Glasgow School of Art in 2014 (yes, that’s right - the year the Mackintosh burned down).

Which topics interest you? Take this short survey: www.surveymonkey.com/s/8FJQ7MJ or contact Anna directly for more information.

Email anna@creamerandsundt.com Website www.creamerandsundt.com

Why these workshops? The workshops are a ‘thank you’ to the community at Skypark for allowing Anna access to make her art works. They will also coincide with an exhibition of that work in the foyer and the launch of Creamer & Sundt in Glasgow.

About the Workshops. The workshops will be held in Skypark between Tuesday 28 and Thursday 30 July. You can come along to as many of the workshops as you like.

The sessions will be ticketed through Eventbrite. More information to follow via our weekly emailer...

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Congratulations to all bakers that took park in the Great Skypark Bake-Off held on Tuesday 16th June. Tenants Sacha Mason, Pocapoc, Sara Giovino, Pole to Win, Fiona Rush, V.Ships and Pauline Gregory, Skylark went up against Clyde 1’s, Cassi Gillespie and George Bowie and Clyde 2’s Alan Edwards and Joanna Cochrane to compete for the bake-off crown!

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elebrity Chef, John Quigley and owner of Red Onion, was compere with his “Paul Hollywood style glare”, judged the bake-off winner Sacha Mason of Pocapoc while the Skypark audience were treated to a delicious Vintage Afternoon Tea. All funds raised from the event will go directly to the charity Cash for Kids.

Angela Higgins, asset manager of Skypark says: “The event was a celebration of our cook book, “Recipes for Success,” where every penny raised from our residents’ Vintage Afternoon Tea goes to Cash for Kids for the most vulnerable children and families in our community. Thank you to John Quigley, Clyde DJs and our tenants who have helped us to make it happen.”

Celebrity Chef, John Quigley and owner of Red Onion said, “I was delighted to judge the best baker in a fun packed, caketastic day - this is a great way to help raise awareness for a brilliant cause and celebrate the Recipes for Success cookbook.”

Debbie Fraser, Regional Charity Manager at Cash for Kids: “The Skypark tenants have been great supporters of Cash for Kids and have helped make a real difference to children in their local communities. They always come up with imaginative ways in which to raise funds and the “Recipes for Success”, was yet another”.

Well done to Sacha who won dinner for two at Red Onion! And a big thank you to everyone who attended - a total of £5,575 was raised for Cash for Kids.

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You can snap up your copy of ‘Recipes for Success’ from the concierge for just £10. All proceeds go directly to Cash for Kids to help the most vulnerable families and children in our community.

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ON-SITE SERVICES

We offer a range of on-site amenities... here’s a snapshot of what is currently available...

NEW SERVICE

NEW SERVICE

PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY

BEAUTY DAY FIRST WEDNESDAY

MASSAGE DAY EVERY 2ND FRIDAY

REFLEXOLOGY DAY LAST WEDNESDAY

CAR VALET EVERY TUESDAY

FREE PRESCRIPTION DELIVERY EVERY WEEK DAY

For more details and a full list of all the services available at Skypark, visit our website: www.skypark-glasgow.com/meet-skypark/amenities or contact our Concierge on Reception@skypark-glasgow.com

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SPECIAL OFFER

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FAIR TRADE IS OUR BUSINESS: MAKE IT YOURS!

WIN A HAMPER FULL OF

FAIR TRADE GOODIES

Rainbow Turtle Just Trading Ltd operates to maximise the sales of fairly trade goods which in turn means that more families in the developing world benefit from a better quality of life. We do this through our shop in Paisley, our website, sale or return stalls, and our business services which include: • Goods on account - Goods can be bought on account (30 day payment policy).

We would send a stock list of what is available with an order form. We can supply most items for your workplace from tea and coffee to toilet roll and hand wash.

• Staff room sale - We provide a range of food and gift items suitable for the season ie Valentines Day, Mother’s Day, Easter, Christmas etc. We are now taking bookings for Christmas so contact us now to avoid disappointment!

• Snack box – We can provide your office with a snack box full of delicious fair trade goodies! The boxes are swapped over on a fortnightly basis. We can provide you with a snack box to have on trial for a fortnight to see how it goes with no obligation to carry on. Contact us to take up this offer. (every organisation that signs up to trial a snack box will be entered in to draw to win a hamper)

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• Delivery scheme coming soon. All your favourite fairtrade grocery items delivered to your work (fortnightly)! See our website for more details in the coming weeks.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply order a trial sample snack box

by Friday 28th August.

• Corporate hamper - You can choose from our wide range of hampers and can tailor the hamper to suit you. Hampers can be ordered online or if you have something more bespoke in mind then give us a call.

Email info@rainbowturtle.org.uk or call 0141 887 1881.

By supporting us, you are helping families in the developing world lift themselves out of poverty. There are many opportunities for introducing Fair Trade into you daily working life and it will provide your organisation with the message, ethics and practice of trading fairly.

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The next issue is coming in September 2015.

For comments and content please contact: Lisa@skypark-glasgow.com

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