Elite Ayrshire Business Circle and Clydesdale Bank Charity Golf Day

THE Elite Ayrshire Business Circle and the Clydesdale Bank will be holding a Charity Golf Day on Tuesday 17 June in aid of the Ayrshire Hospice. The event is open to all businesses in Ayrshire.


The Golf Day will be held at the Belleisle Golf Club, and will be followed by a Racenight and Dinner at Ayr Racecourse in the evening.

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Entries are invited from teams of three golfers each, and it is hoped that Elite Ayrshire Business Circle members and other Ayrshire businesses will enter at least one team, and that most will enter two teams or even more.

The cost will be £270 for a team of three players, or £450 for a team of six players, and this includes both the round of golf and dinner in the evening for all players.

Besides participation in the golf tournament itself, there are ample sponsorship opportunities available.

All businesses in Ayrshire are urged to take as active a part as possible in what will be a most enjoyable event, an excellent networking opportunity, and a chance to raise funds and support for the Ayrshire Hospice.


Contact David Jellema at the Clydesdale Bank Financial Solutions Centre in Ayr on 01292 272072, mobile 07802 186270 or e-mail David.Jellema@eu.nabgroup.com

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Elite Ayrshire Business Circle debates Alistair Darling’s first Budget

By: Murdoch MacDonald

THE next breakfast meeting of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle will take place at 8.30am on Friday 14 March 2008.


It will be an up-to-the-minute and extremely topical symposium on the implications of Alistair Darling’s first Budget, presented by Andrew Sinclair (pictured below) of Sinclair Scott Chartered Accountants.


Budget Day is just two days earlier on Wednesday 12 March, so Andrew’s analysis of what promises to be the most interesting Budget for some time will be literally hot from the press.

The meeting will be held in the Board Room of the Clydesdale Bank Financial Solutions Centre, Alloway Street in Ayr, and Managing Partner Willie Mackie (pictured below) will also briefly enlighten members about the current economic situation in general. (Credit crunch? What credit crunch?).


Sustenance and refreshment will be provided in the form of the Clydesdale’s unbeatable bacon butties, and ample tea and coffee will be on tap to keep intellects at full throttle.

The meeting is scheduled to end at 10am.

Guests of honour include John Scott, MSP for Ayr, South Ayrshire Provost Winifred Sloan and South Ayrshire Council deputy leader Margaret Toner.

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Sinclair Scott Chartered Accountants
3 Wellington Square
Ayr KA7 1EN
Ayrshire, Scotland

Contact: Andrew Sinclair
Tel: 01292 288999
Fax: 01292 272150
E-mail: andrew@sinclairscott.com
Web: www.sinclairscott.com

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Clydesdale announces further expansion
of business banking team in Ayrshire

WILLIE MACKIE, managing partner of Clydesdale Bank’s Financial Solutions Centre in Ayr, has announced two senior appointments to further augment his Commercial and Agricultural Banking teams.


[Picture shows, left to right, new managerial appointees Jennifer Craig and David Kennedy with Clydesdale Bank Financial Solutions Centre managing partner Willie Mackie.]

David Kennedy (43) from Troon joins has been appointed as senior partner, Corporate and Commercial Banking.

Reporting directly to Willie Mackie, David will be responsible for managing the team of Commercial Business partners who are all based in Ayrshire.

David has over 20 years experience with Clydesdale Bank, having held various senior management roles within Business Banking, most recently as a credit executive within the Bank’s central credit team.

David is already well known in Ayrshire, being a member of Royal Troon Golf Club.

Jennifer Craig (27) from Blackwood, South Lanarkshire joins the team as Asset Finance partner supporting the Agricultural, Commercial and Private Banking teams.

Jennifer brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this role, where she will be looking to expand the Clydesdale Bank’s hire purchase, leasing and contract hire business across Ayrshire.

Willie Mackie said: “These latest appointments represent a further significant step in the expansion of our regional team here in Ayrshire. The addition of such experienced managers will add further momentum to the delivery of our Integrated Financial Services proposition.”

Clydesdale Bank plc is a subsidiary of the National Australia Bank Group of companies, an international financial services organisation that provides a comprehensive and integrated range of financial products and services through its group of banks. NAB is one of the world's top 30 financial services companies, and as at 30 September 2005 had total assets of £180 billion. NAB serves 7.7 million banking customers and over 2.3 million wealth management customers. Globally, the National is organised around regional businesses in Australia, Asia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. These regions include the retail bank brands, National Australia Bank in Australia, the Bank of New Zealand, and the Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank in the UK.

Clydesdale Bank PLC in Glasgow became a member of National Australia Bank Group in 1987, with Yorkshire Bank in Leeds joining the Group in 1990.

Clydesdale Bank was established in 1838 in Glasgow and has a proud history of innovation and support for Scottish industry and communities. With over 150 retail branches and a network of Financial Solutions Centres, Clydesdale is one of Scotland's largest banks. Clydesdale is currently expanding its operations into the South of England with its innovative Financial Solutions Centres, offering customers a highly integrated business and private banking service.

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Clydesdale Bank new sponsors of
Culzean Castle Horse Trials 2007

Clydesdale Bank are the new sponsors of this year’s Culzean Castle Horse Trials.

The Culzean Castle Horse Trials committee are delighted to announce the new event sponsor in this its 20th anniversary year. This British Eventing affiliated event, which began in 1987, will take place on Sunday 16 September 2007 in the grounds of Culzean Castle and Country Park, Maybole, Ayrshire.


Pictured left to right: Culzean Castle and Country Park property manager Mike Schafer, Culzean Castle Horse Trials organiser Katrina Geddes, Clydesdale Bank senior partner Marion Hamilton and Clydesdale Bank managing partner Willie Mackie.

Organiser Katrina Geddes said: “We are delighted that the Clydesdale Bank has agreed to become our event sponsor. Their support will be invaluable in the continuation and development of this popular event.”

William Mackie, managing partner at Clydesdale Bank’s Ayrshire Financial Solutions Centre said: “It is a pleasure to be involved with such a prestigious event. I am sure that 2007 will build upon the considerable success of last year.”

Culzean Castle and Country Park property manager Mike Schafer said: “We are very pleased to hold the Horse Trials at Culzean. The staff at Culzean in conjunction with all parties involved aim to make this another successful event. We look forward to welcoming everyone to the National Trust for Scotland’s flagship property.”

The Culzean Castle Horse Trials 2007 will feature a newly introduced class, the Open Intro, the winner of which will receive the Clydesdale Bank Trophy. The Open Intro is a new class introduced by British Eventing this year allowing inexperienced riders to compete on experienced horses.

The sport of One-Day Eventing is a challenging test of horse and rider over three different horse riding disciplines, all of which are completed in the same day.

The three phases of the event are dressage, show jumping and cross country riding.

Last year a redevelopment of the cross country phase of the event was begun which will be continued this year.

One-Day Eventing is a testing and inclusive sport open to members from the year of their 14th birthday upwards. See www.britisheventing.co.uk for further information on this and other British Eventing events.

The closing date for entries to the Culzean Castle Horse Trials 2007 is Thursday 6 September, but entries will be accepted up to a week later subject to availability of spaces.

For further information telephone Katrina Geddes on 01655 740345.

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