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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Business
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9 pictures which tell story of famous Glasgow store with link to Rennie Mackintosh
IT WAS one of the most stylish and elegant department stores in Glasgow. For decades, Pettigrew and Stephens occupied a prominent chunk of Sauchiehall Street in the city centre. The store opened in 1888, when Glasgow drapers Andrew Hislop Pettigrew and William Henry Stephens entered into partnership. It expanded and developed over the years, and by the 1920s, the premises stretched from Sauchiehall Street to Bath Street, along West Campbell Street – where a gym and the entrance to Sauchiehall Street car park is now. The Bath street entrance to Pettigrew & Stephens, 1923 (Image: Glasgow City Archives) There is a connection to Charles Rennie Mackintosh too. On early designs, when the building was expanding to include a new tearoom and marble stairs, his notes appear on drawings by the firm he worked for, John Honeyman & Keppie. Some of the later features seem to echo other examples of his work, too, particularly in the tearoom, though he is not credited as a designer on the plans. READ NEXT: 'We're so lucky to have the Citz': Free drama lessons as Glasgow theatre re-opens 'Another Glasgow first': New display marks 200 years of world's original comic 'Gran's report card' discovery reveals story of 'lost' Glasgow school By the early 1900s, the seven-storey shop was the biggest department store in Scotland, and drawing in legions of shoppers. You could buy almost anything - clothes, millinery, confectionery, carpets, furniture, ironmongery and china. School uniform display... (Image: Glasgow City Archives) It was also the place to shop for school uniform, and the giant window displays would be full of smartly-blazered mannequins and ties of all colours as the summer holidays drew to a close. It was high-tech, too, with an electric lift, sprinklers and a pneumatic tube system for sending cash between counters and the central office. The tearooms were on the second floor, beautifully designed and decorated, the perfect place for ladies who lunched in between bouts of shopping. In 1926, Pettigrew and Stephens was acquired by the Scottish Drapery Corporation which in turn was acquired by House of Fraser in the 1950s. The building was completely demolished in 1971 for the Sauchiehall Street Centre shopping complex. (Image: Newsquest) This woman on the left, who is a 'Lux washability consultant', was at the store in May 1938 to provide some free advice on the washing of fine fabrics. (Image: Newsquest) In September 1939, as war began across Europe, Pettigrew and Stephens took some precautions against the potential for flying glass and debris in its Sauchiehall Street store. (Image: Newsquest) In 1950, sales still brought people out in force. This picture, taken on Tuesday, January 3, shows shoppers waiting more or less patiently in the cold and rain for the doors to open at Pettigrew and Stephens. Hat sale at Pettigrew & Stephens (Image: Newsquest) Exactly a year to the day later, the New Year sales kicked off in style as shoppers flocked to pick up a bargain. (Image: Newsquest) Five year old Jimmy Paterson tries on a new coat at the Pettigrew and Stephens sale in 1956. (Image: Newsquest) Four-year-old Kay McAleney, from Coatbridge, makes friends with a cuddly Pluto as Christmas shopping begins in the store in December, 1955. The store was lit up with lights and fancy decorations. Do you remember Pettigrew and Stephens? Send us your memories and photos by email to or write to Ann Fotheringham, Glasgow Times, 125 Fullarton Drive, Glasgow G32 8FG.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Business
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Live music venues contributed £14m to economy last year but operated on thin profits
The Scottish Government is being urged to enforce rates relief for grassroots music venues, with a report finding they subsidised live music by £14million last year. The Music Venue Trust (MVT), which represents hundreds of grassroots venues in the UK, releases an annual report detailing the conditions of the live scene. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the trust launched its 2024 report at Holyrood on Monday with a special event for politicians, policy makers, venues and key stakeholders featuring a performance from Indoor Foxes and keynote speeches from Michelle Thomson MSP and Claire Baker MSP. A survey of the 70 members of the Music Venues Alliance Scotland, who employ over 2600 people, found that they staged over 14,000 live events comprising over 128,000 individual artist performances given to a total audience of just over 1.6 million live music fans. Read More: Scots singer Amy Macdonald announces major tour including Glasgow Hydro date Sauchiehall Street music festival announced as part of bid to reinvent area 'Record shops don't make a lot of money' – but Assai Records is a success story The total direct value to the Scottish economy from these events was over £45.4 million however, on average, grassroots music venues (33% of which are now registered as not-for-profit entities - a 29% increase in not-for-profit registration since 2023) operated on a profit margin of just 0.48% with 43.8% of them reporting a loss in the last 12 months. The sector as a whole effectively subsidised live music activity in Scotland to the tune of £14m. The report highlights a huge decline in locations on the UK's primary and secondary touring circuits. In the 30 year period between 1994 and 2024 those touring locations have collapsed, with an average tour in 1994 including 22 dates and the equivalent tour in 2024 consisting of only 11 dates. Furthermore, touring in 1994 was spread across a range of 28 different locations across the country. In 2024, just 12 locations, all of them major cities, remained as primary and secondary touring circuit stops, acting as regular hosts to grassroots tours. Only one location in Scotland remains on the national touring circuit, Glasgow, with even Edinburgh struggling to be included on the majority of national tours by new and emerging artists. In Scotland, this means swathes of the country have been cut off altogether from the opportunity to see the hottest new acts, resulting in people having to travel further or simply being unable to access new live music at all. The report underlines a decrease in the total number of live music shows (down 8.3% since 2023) accompanied by an even steeper decline in ticket revenues (down 13.5% since 2023). The Scottish Government has committed to giving a 40% rate relief to venues with a capacity of up to 1,500 and the MVT has urged ministers to ensure that is enforced. Mark Davyd, CEO of Music Venue Trust, said, 'The 2024 Annual Report recognises that after 10 years of work by MVT a very broad consensus has been built among politicians, industry, artists and the public that grassroots music venues must be protected, supported, encouraged and nurtured. In 2025 and beyond, we have to see that consensus bring forward positive, practical interventions in the real world. "Venues, despite all the very welcome good intentions and acknowledgements they are receiving for their vital work, are still closing, still under extreme and totally unnecessary financial pressures, still failing to be recognised, as everyone agrees they should and must be, when government designs policy, taxation, and legislation. "It isn't good enough to keep saying how much we all value them, we've got to practically do something about it. We need action not words.' Stina Tweeddale, Scotland Coordinator, Music Venue Trust said 'In Scotland, MSPs have an immediate opportunity to deliver that action. They can act right now to ensure that the commitment that every Grassroots Music Venue under 1500 cap would receive Rate Relief in 2025/26 actually happens. "At the moment a significant number of key venues will be excluded from that relief, against the commitment made by Scottish Government and against the best interests of live music in Scotland.'
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Automotive
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Tesla Takedown peaceful protest takes place in Glasgow in global day of action
A TESLA Takedown protest took place in Glasgow today as part of a global day of action. Activists gathered outside Glasgow's Tesla Centre on Kennedy Street today (March 29) as part of a peaceful demonstration against Tesla CEO Elon Musk. They held signs with statements such as "honk if you hate Elon" and "Tesla funds fascism". READ NEXT: Number of rapes and domestic abuse crimes in Glasgow sees 'shocking' rise (Image: Robert Perry) (Image: Robert Perry) The protest is the latest in a series of demonstrations that began shortly after Donald Trump was inaugurated. The goal of the demonstrations is to send a message to the Trump administration that they are against what Musk is doing with the US federal government, including laying off thousands of workers and cutting department budgets in his role as a senior advisor to the President. The Tesla Takedown encourages Tesla owners to sell their cars and dump any stock they own in an effort to tank the company's stock price. READ NEXT: 'We don't want another Sauchiehall Street': Disappointment over George Square delay (Image: Robert Perry) (Image: Robert Perry) They say "stopping Musk will help save lives and protect our democracy". The movement opposes violence, vandalism and destruction of property. Similar protests are expected to take place at more than 200 Tesla locations worldwide today, including other cities in the UK such as Edinburgh and London.
