GLASGOW businesses will lead a new drive to win trade and investment when the city hosts the 2018 European Championships.
In partnership with Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce will chair the new Glasgow 2018 Trade and Investment Group to promote local and national businesses across Europe.
Glasgow and Berlin are joint host cities for the inaugural European Championships which run between August 1 and 12.
The event will be broadcast to a potential television audience of more than 1 billion people.
Glasgow will host the aquatics, cycling, and gymnastics games.
The rowing and triathlon championships will be held at Strathclyde Country Park while a new Golf Team Championships event will be staged at Gleneagles.
Berlin will host the European Athletics Championships at the same time.
City leaders say that local businesses have the opportunity to secure a range of contracts for services associated with the event.
These include technology, telecoms, power, event services, overlay, ground transport and communications.
An event will be held in the city on May 12 to highlight the opportunities.
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