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I am sure that you are all suitably refreshed after the recess and I hope that everyone managed to take one or two weeks' holiday. I know that one or two of our colleagues were star turns in what I am told was the highlight of the fringe.
The comments that Alasdair Rankin just made would apply most directly to organisations such as the Royal Bank of Scotland, but FirstBus has had the experience of recruiting people directly from outside Scotland and all that goes with that.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 October 2002
However, based on information from the 2002 Pre-school and Daycare Census, we estimate that during the census week in January this year there were approximately 36,800 term time and 12,900 holiday out of school care places in Scotland.
The airport is vital, not only because of the aeroplanes and services, but because of the land bank that is adjacent to it, which is important to the economy of west Edinburgh, which is fundamental to the economy of the city of Edinburgh.
The water industry is becoming an increasingly important customer for the banks, in borrowing terms. Is the amount of money that the water industry wants to access a problem for the banks?
Floating charges are generally registered by banks; there is no money for solicitors in registration, unless the bank forgets to register the floating charge and we have to petition the court on the bank's behalf to do so.The Law Society of Scotland has consistently welcomed t...
I welcome David Chalmers, who is deputy chief executive of the Dunfermline Building Society and vice-chairperson of CML; Alistair Berwick, director of corporate banking of the Bank of Scotland and a member of the CML Scotland housing sub-committee; Ian Sillars, senior lending manager of Abbey National and a member of...
We need another report from the clerks to indicate comprehensively the difficulties that have been encountered to date, so that we can give them guidance about the work that we want to be done over the summer.