AN Inverclyde businessman was given the honour of welcoming the Indian Prime Minister to COP26.

Puneet Gupta, who runs PG Paper based at Custom House Quay with wife Poonam, met Narendra Modi as he arrived for the climate summit in Glasgow.

He spoke with the politician on the importance of a free trade agreement, as well as Indo-Scots relations.

Puneet added: "I also got to tell PM Modi about PG Paper's charity efforts around Covid-19 and the 4,000 oxygen concentrators we sourced and delivered to India."