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Partner organisations

We are stronger when we work together, and this enables us to improve the promotion and support we provide for entrepreneurs and companies. The Contact Centre for Business opens doors, arranges contacts and brings potential partners together. To achieve these aims, we collaborate closely and intensively with all the partners in our extensive network.

Glarus Chamber of Commerce

The Glarus Chamber of Commerce promotes industry, trade and business in the Glarnerland. It:

  • represents the interests of these sectors in dealings with the public, authorities, organisations, associations and the media
  • offers valuable services to companies
  • networks its members and encourages them to share with one another
  • maintains contact with other local, regional and national economic organisations, and
  • cultivates the image of Glarus as a business location by carrying out professional media work.

GZA Greater Zurich Area AG

Greater Zurich Area AG is the location marketing organisation for the Greater Zurich Area (GZA) economic region. Comprising the cantons that are adjacent to the economic metropolis of Zurich – Glarus, Graubünden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn and Zug – this is one of Europe's strongest economic regions.

The specialists at Greater Zurich Area AG:

  • assist international companies with evaluating potential locations in the GZA
  • advise international companies that intend to invest in the GZA and establish themselves here
  • arrange contacts with the right partners, such as tax specialists, to evaluate the best company structure and optimise the tax situation
  • establish contacts with authorities in the member cantons and the cities of Zurich and Winterthur
  • make know-how available on life sciences, information and communication technologies, high-tech, cleantech and headquarters functions, and
  • answer all questions relating to company incorporations, the market environment, tax, real estate, work permits, personnel recruitment, financing, research institutions and technology transfer, etc.

Trade Association

The Glarus Chamber of Commerce promotes industry, trade and business in the Glarnerland. It:

  • represents the interests of these sectors in dealings with the public, authorities, organisations, associations and the media
  • offers valuable services to companies
  • networks its members and encourages them to share with one another
  • maintains contact with other local, regional and national economic organisations, and
  • cultivates the image of Glarus as a business location by carrying out professional media work.

BG OST-SÜD

The BG OST-SÜD guarantee cooperative for SMEs grants guarantees, sureties or deposits to SMEs with the capacity to develop so that these companies can obtain bank loans more easily. In 2012, BG OST-SÜD supported 460 companies in the cantons of Aargau, Appenzell-Innerrhoden, Appenzell-Ausserrhoden, Glarus, Graubünden, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Zug and Zurich. These included eight companies in the Glarnerland. BG OST-SÜD stands surety for loans used for the following purposes:

  • acquisition of businesses or business spin-offs
  • purchase of properties to provide a secure location
  • new construction or extension of business premises
  • financing of machinery, installations, warehouses or operating capital
  • rationalisation measures orparticipation in existing SMEs.

Anyone interested in a guarantee, surety or deposit should contact BG OST-SÜD directly, or approach their bank, fiduciary, trade association or the Contact Centre for Business.

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) is the Federal Government's competence centre for all key economic policy issues. SECO creates the framework of regulatory and economic policy conditions for sustainable economic growth. Employers and employees should benefit equally from growth-oriented policies, the removal of trade barriers and reduced prices. To achieve these goals, SECO collaborates with companies, social partners and political circles to promote regionally and structurally balanced economic development.

Switzerland Global Enterprise

Switzerland Global Enterprise is the centre of competence for Swiss promotion of foreign trade. Switzerland Global Enterprise:

  • provides support for Swiss and Liechtenstein SMEs, from the initial export idea through to practical steps to enter foreign markets
  • operates trade promotion programmes that make it easier for SMEs to enter the Swiss market
  • and encourages foreign companies to set up in Switzerland.

VISIT Glarnerland AG

"This company's purpose comprises strategic management, communication and marketing for the ‘Glarnerland’ umbrella brand. It offers products and services for destination and location marketing, and ensures quality assurance in these areas. The company fosters cooperation and communication between and among economic partners, the public sector and the population in the fields of tourism and leisure."

Contact:

VISIT Glarnerland AG
Kirchweg 82a
8750 Glarus
Tel. 055 610 21 21

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