{"id":708,"date":"2012-04-13T22:53:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T22:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/scotlands-economy\/?p=708"},"modified":"2016-08-25T18:39:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T17:39:35","slug":"scotland-week-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2012\/04\/13\/scotland-week-calgary\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Week &#8211; Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My Scotland Week engagements have now taken me onto Calgary where I am meeting a range of companies with a focus on energy, especially oil and gas. The connections with the North Sea are strong and we can build on these to bring similarly impressive results for more of our key industry sectors such as tourism and food and drink.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish diaspora extends across the globe, touching a wide range of industry sectors in almost every region of the world and the links between Scotland and Canada are well documented. It&#8217;s estimated that five million Canadians can trace their routes back to Scotland and these connections are good news for business.<\/p>\n<p>While in Calgary, I had the opportunity to meet some more of the new and established GlobalScots who use their influence to promote Scotland &#8211; I had already been introduced to some of their growing membership in Houston and their breadth of knowledge and experience is a key factor in Scottish business success. The commitment of GlobalScots is second to none and they do a wonderful job of keeping our business interest at the top of the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Their work compliments that of Scottish Development International in promoting Scotland as a great place to invest and the advice of GlobalScots has been very important to some of the smaller companies that I&#8217;ve met in Canada and the US who are making the move into overseas markets. By sharing information, contacts and resources in this way our businesses can achieve far more than they ever could in isolation.<\/p>\n<p>The international business world contains more than its fair share of Scots and people with a connection to or an affinity for Scotland and we can make the most of this unique selling point to build our future prosperity. The GlobalScot website gives a good insight into what they can do and I would encourage anyone with an interest in their work to find out more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalscot.com\/\">www.globalscot.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Scotland Week engagements have now taken me onto Calgary where I am meeting a range of companies with a focus on energy, especially oil and gas. 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