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When the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council was set up, Sir John Shaw was its chairman. He brought with him the Bank of Scotland's model of the relationship between a board and an executive.
Business people need to know that there is someone whom they can work with over a long period of time. There was a day when the bank manager was the friend of small business, but that situation has now changed beyond all recognition.
It is hardly surprising that the chancellor, the previous chancellor and the chairman of the European Central Bank are all out of step with George.The Executive's document contains some excellent ideas.
In all fairness, I think that it would be best for me to give the most up-to-date report possible. We could perhaps undertake to get that up-to-date report and provide it to Mr Canavan as soon as that is practicable.
I repeat, if I may, a quote from the World Bank that was cited at the conference:"Gender equity is not a matter of political correctness or charity to women; it makes business sense."
A trust has a body of trustees—in some institutions, a corporation like the Bank of Scotland might be a trustee—and it is the body that holds the legal title.