Scottish Event Campus (SEC)

In partnership with the Levy team at SEC Food, we’re proud to unveil a major milestone at the Scottish Event Campus: our new, state-of-the-art, all-electric production kitchen. Built for scale, sustainability, and consistency. The new production kitchen will offer a faster, more reliable service across the OVO Hydro, SEC Centre, and SEC Armadillo. What’s new:️ 🌱 100% electric kitchen 🍽️ Increased capacity from 800 to 5,000 covers per day 👨🍳 More stations & smarter workflow for speed, consistency, and team wellbeing 🧊 Advanced refrigeration & storage 👀 Brand new tasting room that overlook the kitchen Huge thanks to the Levy team especially Trevor Garden, Jim Hood, Beth Connelly, and Linzi Purves for turning vision into reality. And to all our SEC colleagues who made this possible.

I’m thrilled to share that I recently joined the Conference Sales Team at Scottish Event Campus (SEC) as Senior Association Sales Manager, focussing on the International market, and already closing in on a month in post!   This new role marks an incredibly exciting next chapter for me. The opportunity to join a world class conference venue with such a talented, well renowned team was one that I couldn’t say no to.                                                                       I’m looking forward to working with the team to build on the existing momentum, identify new opportunities, and contributing my experience to support the continued growth of our International associations business.   Here’s to the journey ahead!

It was a pleasure to host Glasgow Chamber of Commerce – Glasgow Talks at the SEC today. We were delighted to welcome members for an inspiring conversation with Phil Batty OBE, CEO of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, sharing insight into what lies ahead for the city. Working closely with organisations like the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce is a vital part of how we work together with Glasgow’s business community and we’re incredibly proud to be a host venue for the Commonwealth Games in 2026, playing our part in welcoming the world back to the city. A great morning of ideas, ambition and collaboration

This time last week, we were getting ready for our SEC Burns Supper 2026! Our CEO, Dominic McKay, caught up with our two wonderful speakers of the evening, Elaine C Smith and JJ Chalmers - discussing all things Burns, Glasgow and the SEC. A truly gallus night to look back on - and an incredible way to kick off a very busy year for the business 👏 Watch the video here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eUzwXVRE

Time Out Group plc has named Glasgow 'The underrated UK city that is one of the greatest places to visit in Europe in 2026'. When Glasgow receives cultural recognition like this, we consistently see it reflected in exhibition audiences at the SEC. Visitors arrive curious, engaged and keen to explore - and that energy carries into events, supporting stronger attendance, longer dwell times and more positive experiences for both organisers and exhibitors. https://lnkd.in/e6i68Xm2

Today we have published our Corporate Review for 2024/25.   You can read the review in full here > https://lnkd.in/eBcwMmQM   2024/25 was a successful year for the Scottish Event Campus with a strong set of financial results. It was also the beginning of a period of positive change with the appointment of our CEO, and new Board members and Executive Directors.   - Highlights from the year up to the end of March 2025 are: - Increasing our turnover by 30%, up to £54.4m - Growing our EBITDA to £7.0m - Attracting over two million visitors, clients and delegates to our venues - Generating more than £557m of economic value for Glasgow and Scotland - The appointment of our new CEO, Dominic McKay, and Chief Commercial Officer, Debbie McWilliams on to our Board   With all five business sectors – live, conferences, exhibitions, events and commercial – continuing to grow, such an excellent set of results has provided a strong foundation to take one of Europe’s premier events, entertainment, conferences and exhibitions campus’ forward and begin delivering our refreshed business strategy, Creating Incredible. Daniel Thurlow Kathleen Warden Colin Hartley Fiona Campbell-Downes

This is your last chance to apply to our 2 Event Manager roles - closing this Friday ⏳

On Thursday we hosted our annual SEC Burns Supper at the stunning Banking Hall in London. It was brilliant to continue our 40th anniversary celebrations with our friends and colleagues. A true highlight of the evening was hearing from our CEO Dominic McKay, where he unveiled our ambitious plans for the future – Destination SEC 📍 We extend a huge thanks to our fantastic speakers, each with their own tie to exciting events happening at the SEC this year. It was an honour to have JJ Chalmers deliver the Toast to the Lassies in the year of the 2026 Commonwealth Games hosted in Glasgow, and to have Elaine C. Smith deliver the Response ahead of her 10-show residency at the OVO Hydro with Two Doors Down Live. A Burns Supper is not complete without music, so we would like to thank our band Bahookie for leading the Ceilidh; violinist Aiden MacDonald; and piper Dougie McCance. And not to forget our talented SEC Choir who helped make the evening truly memorable 🎶🎻 Finally, a huge thank you to our sponsors Compass Group, Glengoyne and Glasgow Convention Bureau. Here’ s to the next 40 years of creating incredible 🥂 #SECBurnsSupper

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Thank you to all who attended SEC Burns Supper 2026! It was a truly gallus night filled with dancing, laughter and catching up with friends and colleagues 🥂 #SECBurnsSupper