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Is it not those day-to-day things that we really need to get the Scottish Government to ramp up activity on so that we can tackle our climate emergency and improve people’s lives?
I was able to tell people there that we will get the castle open in February. We are working with the community on how we make a noise about that, but getting it open for the new season is vital.
It is also important that we ask the right questions and get a baseline before we get into narrower questions about what is out there—the baseline will lead us to that.
I will ask Richard Miller to comment on the first part of your question, regarding the balance of commercial activities and activities relating to assets, in a moment.
I have mentioned previously the challenges that we face in terms of internationalisation—the need to get more of our companies involved in international activity, thereby increasing exports—and we have challenges in relation to productivity.