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Retail demand in Scotland remains strong and continues to outperform that in the rest of the United Kingdom.Recent business surveys show mixed views. The Royal Bank of Scotland's purchasing managers index showed a return to growth in both the service and manufacturing sectors last month.
Perhaps the people who want to book a holiday in Stoer lighthouse need to book two years in advance, but VisitScotland has been around for considerably longer than Mr McGrigor suggests.
Certainly, unauthorised absence is recorded for each school, but that could relate to many matters, such as parents taking their children on holiday, so those figures will not necessarily provide insight into disaffection.
I recall seeing in the media a woman at that conference weeping because of the problems that she had in caring for her husband, who was suffering the early onset of dementia; the closure of their bank account meant that she had no access to their resources.