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It turned out that the agency in London that had mapped the locations of bank branches had used a map that had Shetland in the Moray Firth, which totally threw the model.
Therefore, at this stage, I cannot give a firm date because I do not want to give the committee and, indeed, the farmers, false certainty that it will be done by a certain date.
That project is required, no matter what date we might leave the EU. Obviously, we have prepared legislation recently for the possibility of leaving the EU next March.
Graham Simpson touched on that, and there are definitely questions about getting the right people around the table and the potential roles for the Scottish National Investment Bank and people from the community, including workers and trade unions.
I was pleased to read that the Scottish National Investment Bank was working with Black Professionals Scotland, which is a great group that does some amazing work.
It is a citizens advice bureau outreach centre, a food bank and a base for Upward Mobility, which supports more than 20 remarkable students who just need a helping hand.
Typically, and much more nowadays, rather than getting old-fashioned lending from a bank, developers will get it from an institutional funder or a range of institutional funders, which could be located anywhere.