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These needs have been taken into account when growing businesses in rural economies:Greater entrepreneurial dynamism and creativityCreating openness to a world economy.Access to capital for business birth via the Business Growth Fund, and Social Investment Scotland for social economy organisations.Improving development for new starts e.g. 555 new businesses...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 March 2002
These areas are in Argyll, Dumfries & Galloway, the Highlands and Islands, North Ayrshire, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, and take account of the views expressed in the consultation exercise.
We need to be as flexible as we can to take account of particular circumstances.Having done shift work in a factory, I know that guys who have done a 12-hour night shift in a welding shop might want to pick up a couple of cans of beer on the way home.