FIFE Chamber of Commerce has called for the relationship between businesses and politicians to be reset ahead of the Holyrood election. The voice of Fife businesses has stressed Scottish Parliamentarians need to understand and support the value and importance of business in an action plan titled Rally for Growth as voters go out to the polls tomorrow (Thursday). The report is aimed at offering future MSPs a blueprint for economic recovery in the wake of the damage caused by the coronavirus and the impact of leaving the European Union. It asks Scottish Ministers to pass a Business Growth Act within the first 100 days of government which acts on the most urgent issues facing businesses right now, such as reducing upfront business costs, boosting international trade, upskilling the workforce, major digital and infrastructure investment, faster action around renewable energies and redesigning our cities.
BUSINESS chiefs in Clydebank are calling for the relationship between business owners and politicians to be “reset” after the upcoming Holyrood election. The Dunbartonshire Chamber of Commerce has published details of how it wants the country’s leaders to tackle the recovery of the local and national economy from the effects of both Covid and Brexit once the dust has settled on next month’s poll. The Chamber’s proposals are contained in a new document, Rally For Growth, described as the local business community’s manifesto for the Scottish Parliament election on May 6. The report is aimed at offering MSPs, for Clydebank and Milngavie and beyond, a blueprint for economic recovery in the wake of the damage caused by the coronavirus, impacts of leaving the European Union, and a legacy of a slow growth in Scotland.
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1286348929 By Scott Wright THE limits on trading brought by continuing coronavirus restrictions have left companies “close to exhaustion,” a leading Scottish business figure has declared. Tim Allan, president of Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC), underlined the toll on business from “some of the most challenging trading conditions in modern history” as the group revealed the findings of its latest quarterly report. It warned that businesses in Scotland “face significant hurdles” on the path to recovery. The Quarterly Economic Indicator (QEI) for the first quarter, which completes a full year of measuring the effects of lockdown on businesses, shows retail was the worst performing sector over the first three months of the year.