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Why is unemployment in Europe at 8.8 per cent, which compares with ours at 5 per cent, and economic growth at 0.8 per cent compared with our 2.2 per cent growth?
A study undertaken by the New Economics Foundation in Manchester found that a post office saved small business £275,000 a year, compared with the extra cost of visiting sites further away.
We know, and our customers frequently tell us, that Scotland is at a competitive disadvantage compared with many of our competitor economies because of our peripherality and lack of direct connectivity.
I can foresee all sorts of problems down the line. The bill is comparatively silent on opening tills. Is the same true for cash-boxes and locked drawers?
If there are four pilots, there should be slight variations in the procedures so that at the end of the pilots we can compare and contrast and decide whether some are better than others.
However, the Executive still has some way to go.In the west of Scotland, the new RTP will have powers comparable to those of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority.
Far from feeling short-changed because we did not visit Lyon, Strasbourg or other European cities, we found our visit to a scheme that is comparable to that which is proposed for Edinburgh to be beneficial.
You said that you have difficulty in getting ministers to pay the rates that you think your members deserve to make their pay comparable with that in the private sector.