Why Scotland is better off staying in the UK
6 Jun 2014 12:52 PM
Vince Cable's speech
outlines government’s long-term economic plan and how Scottish businesses
are better off with UK industrial strategy.
During a recent trip to Glasgow
to visit Rolls-Royce
Aerospace and The Weir
Group Business Secretary Vince Cable has set out the business case
for Scotland’s
continued membership of the UK in a speech to
businesses.
Vince Cable
said:
To continue job creation –
to raise living standards – across the UK, we need balanced economic
growth, to maintain business confidence and to encourage investment. I
don’t believe Scottish independence can sustain these conditions as
effectively and efficiently as the UK.
Scottish businesses are better off with a
UK-wide approach to industrial policy; a UK-wide approach to public
investment in science and
infrastructure; with a single, flexible labour market operating under common
rules with no barriers to movement.
Read Vince Cable’s full speech
Addressing skills shortages and
boosting exports
From its Industrial Strategy the government has adopted a new,
pro-business way to focus its involvement to address skills
shortages and deliver better access to commercial finance, and
boost technological competitiveness andexports.
Queen’s Speech 2014 and
Scotland
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A fairer labour market to help
create more jobs
The government has also helped
deliver high employment figures and a fairer labour market for Scotland, with the creation of a
record number of new jobs and progressive employment legislation,
including: