Glasgow City Council

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Glasgow is a major UK city and makes a powerful contribution to the Scottish economy with annual output of some £13bn that supports over 400,000 jobs. Glasgow is the growing economic, business and cultural heart of one of the UK’s major metropolitan regions.

Business Support

Glasgow City Council’s Business Support offers a wide range of services for your business through delivery of the Business Gateway Service and our team of Business Advisers.  

Procurement

Our Corporate Procurement team are pleased to hear from existing and new suppliers who are interested in tendering for business. For information on our procurement processes please follow the link below.

How to do Business with Glasgow

If you are a supplier to Glasgow City Council and are looking for support to deliver your Community Benefit commitment to SME supply chain development, please get in touch.

Latest news

Green Business Support Programme

Friday 14 June 2024

The Green Business Grant helps businesses in Glasgow fund projects that will help them achieve net zero carbon emissions and result in long-term, sustained reductions in energy bills.

Forthcoming events

Events are being shown from regions across the Glasgow area.

South Lanarkshire Council; Employability Services PSA

Aligned Tender Training - how to use PCS & PCS-T to bid for this opportunity

Thursday 23 October 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm

Webinar

Please join us as our SDP expert trainer demonstrates how to find and bid for this SLC Employability PSA, using both Public Contract Scotland (PCS) and Public Contract Scotland -Tender(PCS-T) live online.

Renfrewshire Local Business Event

Thursday 30 October 2025, 9:30am

Paisley • External Event

This event is aimed at sole traders, micro, small and medium sized businesses, supported businesses and third sector organisations, but it is open to businesses of all sizes, based in Renfrewshire.

Talking Tenders with South Lanarkshire Council (SLC)

Thursday 13 November 2025, 2:00-3:30pm

Webinar

Can you provide repairs for Light & Heavy Vehicle (Mechanical and Electrical) for South Lanarkshire Council, mainly within the Clydesdale, Hamilton, East Kilbride, Cambuslang and Rutherglen areas? Please join us to hear directly from the procurement colleagues and the contract managers based within SLC. During this webinar we will be discussing this new opportunity for you to provide these services for the councils (approx.) 1700 vehicles

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) – Bus service contract

Bus service contract Ayrshire

Tuesday 18 November 2025, 1:00-2:30pm

Kilmarnock • Partner Event

This is a training and awareness event for existing and prospective new Mainstream School Transport providers

Aligned Tender Training

South Lanarkshire Council - Provision of Light and Heavy Vehicle Repair Framework

Thursday 11 December 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm

Webinar

Join us online as we walk you through the bidding process for this South Lanarkshire Council opportunity, to be awarded a place on this Framework, in the same that you will!