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In 1944, the Scottish Division of the British Hotels and Restaurants Association, acting in consultation with the Scottish Education Department, proposed the establishment of a school of hotel management at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College. The College Governors responded favourably and arrangements were rapidly put in place, with the first 32 students commencing their studies at the new Scottish School of Hotel Management on 12 September that year. The two-year course combined classroom instruction with practical experience of all branches of hotel work, leading to a Diploma in Hotel Management.

In 1948, the Scottish School of Hotel Management moved from the Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College buildings in Pitt Street to Ross Hall, a Victorian mansion house in Crookston, obtained on lease from the Corporation of Glasgow. A new Management Committee was also set up to oversee the running of the School. This comprised nominees of the Hotel and Restaurant Association, nominees of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College, and a representative from the Trades Union Council. The Management Committee reported to the Director of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College, Dr Eric Thomson, who acted as Principal of the Scottish School of Hotel Management. In April 1948, the Management Committee agreed that the School’s name should be changed to the Scottish Hotel School and that a Director should be appointed, who would report to the Principal of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College. Roger Dutron, formerly Principal of the Hotel School at Grenoble, France, was appointed to the post of Director as from October 1948. His wife, who had been Housekeeper at Grenoble, was also appointed Housekeeper at Ross Hall.

The acquisition of Ross Hall enabled the Scottish Hotel School to become the only residential school of hotel management in the UK. Training commenced there in October 1948 and the building effectively functioned like a hotel, with students acting as ‘staff’ and ‘guests’ in rotation. Initially both male and female students were accommodated at Ross Hall, but concerns of over-familiarity between the sexes led to the establishment of Mellanby Hall, a separate hall of residence for female students, in 1953. When the Scottish College of Commerce (as the Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College was by then known) secured the outright purchase of Ross Hall in 1962, a new residential block for male students was erected at the back of the building, and female students were subsequently brought back to Ross Hall from Mellanby Hall.

In 1964, the Scottish College of Commerce merged with the Royal College of Science and Technology to form the University of Strathclyde. The Scottish Hotel School consequently became a department of the University, and a BA degree programme in Hotel and Catering Management was introduced in 1965, running in parallel with the Diploma course until the latter ceased in 1968. The option to take a fourth year of study leading to an Honours degree was subsequently introduced, with the first two Honours students graduating in 1979. From 1972, the Scottish Hotel School offered a Postgraduate Diploma/Masters degree course in Tourism, and a Postgraduate Diploma/Masters degree course in Hotel Administration was introduced in 1983.

In 1968, the Scottish Hotel School established a Scottish Tourist Industry Consultancy Service at Ross Hall, with financial support from the Scottish Tourist Board and the Highlands and Islands Development Board. This was a ground-breaking initiative in the UK, recognising the significance of tourism both as a growth industry and as a subject for academic study.

When the University of Strathclyde sold Ross Hall in 1981, the Scottish Hotel School moved back to the city centre, taking up purpose-built accommodation in the Curran Building, above the University of Strathclyde Library. The Scottish Hotel School continued to offer undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in tourism and hospitality management, and to attract students and visiting scholars from all over the world, until it closed permanently in 2009. Continuing students were transferred to the Strathclyde Business School, which continues to offer courses in tourism and hospitality management.

George Mackie, dispensing chemist is first mentioned in the Glasgow Post Office Directory for 1895-1896, with premises at 73 Renfield Street, Glasgow. Mackie's residential address was nearby at 108 Renfield Street. His entry in the Directory for 1900-1901 lists two business premises in Glasgow: 73 Renfield Street and 52 Jane Street, Blythswood Square. By 1902-1903, the second premises had moved to 741 Pollokshaws Road and Mackie was residing at 9 Cromwell Square. In subsequent editions of the Directory, only the original premises at 73 Renfield Street is listed. Mackie continued to live at 9 Cromwell Square until around 1909, when he moved to Earlston, Kirkintilloch. In 1935, Mackie relocated to Upper Largo in Fife, where he lived at 'Lynwood' on Main Street. He took over a chemist's shop on the same street and this was run by his daughter, Miss B.H. Mackie. He also retained his original business at 73 Renfield Street in Glasgow. George Mackie died in 1941 at the age of 77. According to his obituary in the Kirkintilloch Herald, he had a great interest in music, owning a fine collection of musical recordings and crafting musical instruments as a hobby. He also conducted the Players' Club Orchestra for a time and was an elder at St David's Church. The Upper Largo business continued under his name until 1975, when the firm of George Mackie Ltd, Dispensing Chemists (registered office: The Pharmacy, Upper Largo, Fife) was wound up voluntarily.

The Study Circle was a Christian Fellowship established by the pacifist, Christian reformer and political activist, Robert Shanks (1870-1921). Shanks was born in Bridgeton and brought up in the East End of Glasgow. He was President of the Glasgow Eastern Branch of the Young Scots Society, which met in the Liberal Association Rooms in Whitevale Street. When the Great War broke out in August 1914, the Society temporarily ceased its activities, but Shanks and several of his fellow members wished to continue. Utilising the same venue, Shanks took it upon himself to deliver a series of addresses on ‘The War and Foreign Policy’. This initiative developed into a regular weekly meeting held under the name of the Eastern Study Circle ('Eastern' was subsequently dropped from the title). The weekly meeting was rescheduled to Sunday morning so that more people might attend and, at Shanks’ behest, a religious service was also incorporated.
The Study Circle proved so successful that it moved to progressively larger venues: a hall in Hillfoot Street in September 1916, the Central Halls in Bath Street in April 1917, and in December 1917, the Masonic Hall at 100 West Regent Street, with a capacity of 400. The primary purpose of the meeting, which now attracted people from all over Glasgow and the surrounding area, was to discuss the principles and problems of national and international life and the pressing social and political issues of the day, in the light of Christianity. A charismatic speaker and inspiring personality, Shanks delivered addresses and conducted the Study Circle's services for six years until his death in 1921. He also invited a variety of distinguished local, national and international guest speakers to address the meetings, which were always informal, non-sectarian, tolerant and humanitarian in tone. The Study Circle established its own Sunday School, a Current Topics Club and a Country Rambles Club for young people, and held occasional special lectures and an annual Peace Demonstration. It also instituted sewing parties, prison visiting and regular Sunday collections of clothing and food for the relief of distress both at home and abroad. After Shanks' death, William Niven, a Glasgow businessman who was one of the original members of the Study Circle, took charge of its weekly meeting, which continued until at least 1942.

The International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS) was established in 2000 to provide a conduit for the exchange of information between groups and individuals working to achieve a global asbestos ban and to alleviate the damage caused by widespread asbestos use. It channels the views of a network of victims' groups, medical and legal professionals and concerned individuals. It was co-ordinated by Laurie Kazan-Allen.

The London Hazards Centre was established in 1984 to help Londoners enforce their right to live and work in safe, healthy environments. It's objectives were to develop cooperative relations and joint campaigns, conferences and other events with sister national organisations and with London area organisations engaged in promoting health and safety in the home, workplace and community and to provide easily-accessible health and safety advice, education and training, particularly targeted at minorities and hard-to-reach groups most exposed to risk. It supported the Construction Safety Campaign, the Battersea Crane Disaster Action Group, and carried out asbestos support work.

Hull Asbestos Action Group was formed by Richard Jackson, a trade union safety representative and anti-asbestos campaigner, in the early 1980s. It started as an action group to monitor the attitudes of local authorities following the showing on television of a programme called ‘Alice: a fight for life”. It later became an asbestos victim support group.

The British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS) was a radical science movement most active in the 1970s. It was formed in 1968 in opposition to university research on chemical and biological weapons, and supported by 83 distinguished scientists, including William Bragg, Francis Crick, Julian Huxley and Bertrand Russell. Nobel laureate Maurice Wilkins was the founding President. The Society's main aims were to raise awareness of the social responsibilities of scientists, the political aspect of science and technology, and to create an informed public.

National Life Stories (formerly the National Life Stories Collection) is an independent charitable trust within the British Library. It was established in 1987 to record, preserve and make available the first-hand experiences of people from as wide a cross-section of modern-day society as possible.

The Dumbarton District Community Development Advisory Board was established in 1973 by Dumbarton District Council to co-ordinate the Scottish element of a government initiative called the Quality of Life Experiment aimed at improving the quality of cultural life in the community. One area in Scotland, one area in Wales and two areas in England were chosen to participate in the experiment. These areas received funding to bring in culture of all sorts to help improve people's quality of life. The area chosen in Scotland was West Dunbartonshire. The first meeting of the Board took place in February 1974.

Frank Burnet (1846-1923) studied architecture at the Glasgow School of Art and worked for John Carrick, the City Master of Works in Glasgow, before setting up his own practice in 1878. In August 1889, Burnet took his assistant, William James Boston (1861-1937), into partnership. Following the deaths of Frank Burnet in 1923 and William James Boston in 1937, the business was continued by Burnet's son, Frank Russell Burnet (1891-1980), who trained at the Glasgow School of Architecture and served his apprenticeship in his father's firm. He subsequently took James Bell (1910-1967) into partnership, but the name of the business remained as Frank Burnet & Boston until 1961, when it changed to Frank Burnet, Bell & Partners. The practice was based at 80 Hope Street in Glasgow.

The Joint Provisional Council of the College of Speech Therapists was set up to prepare for the amalgamation of the Association of Speech Therapists and the British Society of Speech Therapists, and the formation of a single organisation.
The Council was formed of 9 members from each organisation, who then became the College of Speech Therapists' 18 Founder Fellows. The first meeting occurred on 02 Dec 1943.

The Executive Committee was appointed at the first Council meeting of the College on 21 Oct 1944.
The first meeting of the Executive Committee was 02 Nov 1944 and its Terms of Reference were: "To administer the affairs of the College according to such policy as shall from time to time be approved by the Council".

The Salaries Committee was appointed at the first Council meeting of the College on 21 Oct 1944. The first meeting of the Salaries Committee was 02 Dec 1944 and the Terms of Reference were:
"To investigate the Salaries and conditions of work of Speech Therapists and to report what principles should guide The College of Speech Therapists in these matters in the future. This investigation to include the consideration of conditions prevailing in comparable professions."

It appears that the Salaries Committee ceased to exist between November 1945 and October 1948. There are no minutes after the agenda for a meeting 17 November 1945 until the first meeting of the 'revived Salaries Committee' on 23 October 1948.