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31/07/2026

Have you discovered this secret foodie heaven in the Merchant City? Take a wee wander and explore down the Clyde during the Merchant City Festival this weekend!

Clydeside Commons at The Briggait is hosting some of the city's best street food vendors including the likes of Rafas Tacos and smash burger specialists Smashing Patty's.

26/07/2026

Glasgow foodies: this is the street food festival to show up for today.

The Briggait's Clydeside Commons has some of Scotland's best street food under one roof, plus live music and the magic only the Merchant City Festival & Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games weekend can bring:

🌶️ Rafa's - proper Mexican tacos
🔥 Jamrock Jerk UK - Caribbean heat
🥞 煙燻玉子燒 Smoked Tamago - award-winning Japanese Korean street food
🍛 Delhi's Winter - Indian classics done right
☕ Uplands Roast - Vietnamese speciality coffee
🍰 Three Sisters Bake - brownies and traybakes worth the trip
🍔 Smashing Patty's - smash burgers, crispy edges

📅 Sun 27 July
🕛 12-8pm
🎟️ Free entry

Bring the family, bring your pals, bring your appetite & fill your boots.

25/07/2026

Glasgow weather playing up? Head inside.

The Briggait is going full throttle this weekend for the Merchant City Festival - tacos, smash burgers, live music and enough good energy to write off the forecast.

📅 Sat 26 & Sun 27 July
🕛 12-8pm, both days
🎟️ Free entry, just turn up

Bring your appetite. Bring your pals. Leave the rain outside.

24/07/2026

One of our nonprofit clients in the U.S., insPYRE, opened doors for the First Day of Welding School in Knoxville, Tennessee this week.

Seven women who are being supported by the established local charity, Susannah's House, which gives mothers the power to say: “This is not how my story will end!” are the now the O.G.s - the first cohort to walk through the doors together, wear welding gloves, try on their welding gear, and get ready to learn life skills that can be later applied to fill an estimated 320K welder vacancies in the United States - a profession that pays an average of $51K per year.

Help light the spark by leaving a 🔥 in the comments and head on over to follow both pages, too!

17/06/2026

Are you celebrating Scotland Loves Local Week 2026?

If you’re in North Lanarkshire, be sure to head over to The Port Gallery to support an amazing small business - they really seem to do it all. (And you can even buy art prints on the website - they ship all over the UK!)

Our CEO Jennifer Payne lent a hand to support the business to kick off celebrations in Kilsyth.

Let’s get some local love going…please tag your favourite Scottish business in the comments!

29/03/2026

J&G3 Ltd. is very proud to be based in Rutherglen. 🫶 Have a wee swatch and show some love for the best 900th celebration happening this year in Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

19/02/2026

A quick recap of the "Ready, Steady, Network!" event hosted today by Lanarkshire Business Hub at New College Lanarkshire - it was our CEO Jennifer Payne's first event!

Jennifer said it was fascinating to hear a lifetime of insights of lived experiences in the travel industry from Shirley Saadi, Business Development Manager at Glen Travel in Blantyre, as well as life experiences from music to business to adventures in milk and family farming from Ross Neilson, Director at Park Farm Dairy in East Kilbride - which incidentally, also has a Gym!

Jennifer added huge thanks to Michelle Docherty and Stephen McKnight for organising - and to Jim Fagan for twisting her arm to attend in the first place. 😉

As a marketing consultancy business based in Rutherglen, Jennifer Payne Marketing powered by J&G3 is already looking forward to the event planned for next month, with a focus on Lanarkshire Women in Business, aligning with International Women's Day - to be held at Hamilton Park Racecourse.

What business networking events do you recommend in and around Scotland? Share your recommendations in the comments!

11/02/2026

Start-ups and sole traders often worry what their friends will think of their social media.

We get it - it’s hard building something on your own.

When our CEO Jennifer Payne hears a new business describe this - she always has soooo many questions…but usually asks first: “Are they your ideal customer?”

Why not shift your time and effort into the actions you can actually control?

Try this quick sanity check:
1️⃣ Does your post make sense to your ideal customer? (Would they get it?)
2️⃣ Is it clear what to do next? (👉 comment, ask a question, tag, share, buy, book, click?)
3️⃣ Are you showing what makes your product or solution different - not just what you do?

That’s the kind of self-reflection that will move your business forward on social media…not worrying about what others *might* think of your grid.

Are you guilty of this? You’re not alone…let’s talk about it in the comments! 👇

02/02/2026

Rutherglen 900 celebrations kicked off in style last week, and half the crew from J&G3 were lucky enough to be at the Rutherglen Town Hall...pure hundreds were on the waiting list. 👀

The incredible children’s choir singing their hearts out truly set the scene for the new Ruglin mascot 'Dougie the Pigeon' to dance across the stage like he owned it...the whole launch was pure joy.

Huge congratulations to the Board of Rutherglen 900, all the volunteers and production crew, and the photographer and videographers...you all did everyone very proud. And the party has just begun...we have a whole year to celebrate together!

The charity Refuweegee says, "We're all fae somewhere."

As a small woman-led marketing consultancy that delivers globally, we’re proud to call Rutherglen home - a place that’s been making its mark through courage, community and creativity for 900 years (and counting).

Tag a local you’re proud of, and let’s celebrate 900 years of Rutherglen together! 👇

27/01/2026

What a morning! 🙌 North Lanarkshire’s makers, crafters & artisans brought the energy - the first ever “Craft & Click” social media workshop was chock full of ideas, laughter, and “aha!” moments in the new Makerspace in the heart of Cumbernauld.

From strategy chats to a practical approach to content creation, everyone left ready to make their socials click.

Huge shout out to Shona Wilson who leads on the Creative Industries Sector (amongst other things) at Business North Lanarkshire & North Lanarkshire Council, Advisor James Falls of Business Gateway - and the entire staff at Cumbernauld Library with North Lanarkshire Libraries.

This is what Scotland’s public sector is all about: working together & driving local growth through creativity, collaboration, and innovation.

Our Founder & CEO Jennifer Payne is still totally buzzin’…if you didn’t get a chance to ask a question, please feel free to do so in the comments and join the conversation! 🎉