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<title><![CDATA[Bin men start work to rule over plans to slash wages]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[bin men dispute]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1052]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1052]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[£10m project means we can tap into better water]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Drinking Water investment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/10m-project-means-we-can.6441258.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/10m-project-means-we-can.6441258.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotlands Economy Would Benefit From Airport Expansion, But Which Should Be Expanded?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Airport Expansion]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[sullivan37.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/scotlands-economy-would-benefit-from-airport-expansion-but-which-should-be-expanded.html]]></link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hewitt urges Government to get creative]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-25405758.html]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hewitt urges Government to get creative]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/hewitt-urges-government-to-get-creative-1.1043408]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brands of the Future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh International Marketing Festival]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.assemblymedia.com/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.assemblymedia.com/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots firms pay price as recovery hits buffers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Economic Recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1838048/?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1838048/?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCOTLAND FACES NEW RECESSION]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Economic recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.express.co.uk/posts/view/188413/Scotland-faces-new-recession]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.express.co.uk/posts/view/188413/Scotland-faces-new-recession]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland on course for perfect 'double dip' storm]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Scotland-on-course-for-perfect.6433184.jp?articlepage=2]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Scotland-on-course-for-perfect.6433184.jp?articlepage=2]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland's economy stands still]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Economic Recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-10710668]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-10710668]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[You name it, I probably hate it]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pet Hates - Edinburgh Airport]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Martin-Hannan-You-name-it.6428756.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Martin-Hannan-You-name-it.6428756.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Chambers tackle John Swinney on rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ayrshire-chamber.org]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ayrshire-chamber.org]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Debunking the right’s attacks on The Spirit Level]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution Publication]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.leftfootforward.org/2010/07/debunking-the-rights-attacks-on-the-spirit-level/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.leftfootforward.org/2010/07/debunking-the-rights-attacks-on-the-spirit-level/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Debunking the right’s attacks on The Spirit Level]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution pamphlet]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[bestblogs.labourhome.org/2010/07/19/debunking-the-right%E2%80%99s-attacks-on-the-spirit-level/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[bestblogs.labourhome.org/2010/07/19/debunking-the-right%E2%80%99s-attacks-on-the-spirit-level/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[John Swinney urged to give firms more time to appeal 'unfair' business rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/business/John-Swinney-urged-to-give.6425771.jp]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[John Swinney urged to give firms more time to appeal 'unfair' business rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/John-Swinney-urged-to-give.6425771.jp]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Kiss and fly' charge - 'Welcome . . . give us a quid or get lost']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh airport drop off charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion/Kiss-and-fly-charge-.6421050.jp]]></link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How regions are hoping to boost their economies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[recovery tactics]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f1a58a0-90bc-11df-85a7-00144feab49a.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f1a58a0-90bc-11df-85a7-00144feab49a.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Paradoxes of Devolution and the Forces of Conservatism]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.gerryhassan.com/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.gerryhassan.com/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[People want more powers for Holyrood]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Comment on Devolution paper]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/People-want-more-powers-for.6423267.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/People-want-more-powers-for.6423267.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots should forget about flying the flag and fix their nation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[stevensreeves.com/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[stevensreeves.com/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Not many laughs on Question Time]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution Report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[lightwater.wordpress.com/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[lightwater.wordpress.com/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[People want more powers for Holyrood]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[green.yell.com/article/0cG37rR7Bt7dd?q=London]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[green.yell.com/article/0cG37rR7Bt7dd?q=London]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More power would make the Scottish parliament more accountable: Purvis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0dyTaQ2eeE1kb]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0dyTaQ2eeE1kb]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Paradoxes of Devolution and the Forces of Conservatism]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.opendemocracy.co.uk/gerry-hassan/paradoxes-of-devolution-and-forces-of-conservatism]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.opendemocracy.co.uk/gerry-hassan/paradoxes-of-devolution-and-forces-of-conservatism]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[This Week in Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution Argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thegardenlobby.wordpress.com/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thegardenlobby.wordpress.com/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Low Carbon COnference]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.hie.co.uk/default.aspx.locid-0finewmg4.Lang-EN.htm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.hie.co.uk/default.aspx.locid-0finewmg4.Lang-EN.htm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Kiss and fly' charge - 'Welcome . . . give us a quid or get lost']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh airport drop off charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/39Kiss-and-fly39-charge-.6421050.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/39Kiss-and-fly39-charge-.6421050.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spending cuts and rising material costs threaten Scotland's recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scotland's Recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2010/07/15/spending-cuts-and-rising-material-costs-threaten-scotland-s-recovery-97298-22414646/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2010/07/15/spending-cuts-and-rising-material-costs-threaten-scotland-s-recovery-97298-22414646/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Rising costs' threaten Scotland's economic recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scotland's recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-10643930]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-10643930]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish economy "under threat"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.investegate.co.uk/InvArticle.aspx?id=96954]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.investegate.co.uk/InvArticle.aspx?id=96954]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Slight signs' of recovery in Scottish manufacturing not expected to continue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Business Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/scotlandseconomy/39Slight-signs39-of-recovery-in.6420748.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/scotlandseconomy/39Slight-signs39-of-recovery-in.6420748.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Manufacturing growth 'set to stall']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/national/manufacturing_growth_set_to_stall_1_670300]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/national/manufacturing_growth_set_to_stall_1_670300]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Warning of threat to Scotland's fragile economic recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC quarterly survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/business/Warning-of-threat-to-Scotlands.6420471.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/business/Warning-of-threat-to-Scotlands.6420471.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Rising costs' threaten Scotland's economic recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.publicsectormagazines.co.uk/public-sector/rising-costs-threaten-scotlands-economic-recovery-bbc-news]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.publicsectormagazines.co.uk/public-sector/rising-costs-threaten-scotlands-economic-recovery-bbc-news]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Rising costs' threaten Scotland's economic recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.newspaperstoday.com/europe/rising-costs-threaten-recovery]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.newspaperstoday.com/europe/rising-costs-threaten-recovery]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Policy Exchange report: Reform will help change Scotland’s political culture]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.scottishconservatives.com/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.scottishconservatives.com/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OBSESSED MSPS IGNORE SCOTLAND’S BIG PROBLEMS TO PURSUE MORE POWERS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.express.co.uk/posts/view/187041/Obsessed-MSPs-ignore-Scotland-s-big-problems-to-pursue-more-powers]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.express.co.uk/posts/view/187041/Obsessed-MSPs-ignore-Scotland-s-big-problems-to-pursue-more-powers]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Think tank accuses MSPs of neglecting problems]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1827719?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1827719?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Latest News  Purvis: unemployment figure must be reversed in Scotland More power would make the Scottish parliament more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.scotlibdems.org.uk/news/2010/07/more-power-would-make-scottish-parliament-more-accountable-purvis]]></link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland needs economic and public service reform – not …]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.stirlingcastle.com/2010/07/14/scotland-needs-economic-and-public-service-reform-not/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.stirlingcastle.com/2010/07/14/scotland-needs-economic-and-public-service-reform-not/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Leader: Time to make far better use of the fiscal powers we have]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Leader-Time-to-make-far.6420600.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Leader-Time-to-make-far.6420600.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Devolution isn't working : A Pint of Unionist Lite]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[oneclick.indiatimes.com/article/01vp0bF10B8vm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[oneclick.indiatimes.com/article/01vp0bF10B8vm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Devolution 'not failure']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/politics/Devolution-39not-failure39.6421049.jp]]></link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Devolution 'not failure']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0bJY9UEfd23Wh]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0bJY9UEfd23Wh]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Even Chambers of Commerce say cuts will harm recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Public spending cuts]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[unisonactive.blogspot.com/2010/07/even-chambers-of-commerce-say-cuts-will.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[unisonactive.blogspot.com/2010/07/even-chambers-of-commerce-say-cuts-will.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spending cuts and rising material costs threaten Scotland's recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Public spending cuts]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/2010/07/15/spending-cuts-and-rising-material-costs-threaten-scotland-s-recovery-97298-22414646/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/2010/07/15/spending-cuts-and-rising-material-costs-threaten-scotland-s-recovery-97298-22414646/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Business Briefing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Warning of threat to Scotland's fragile economic recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/business/Scottish-Business-Briefing--Thursday.6420969.jp]]></link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Rising costs' threaten recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[topics.philly.com/article/0eAOfDDfn4aZu?q=Scotland]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[topics.philly.com/article/0eAOfDDfn4aZu?q=Scotland]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['MSPs distracted from real work by grand constitutional debates']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution Report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/39MSPs-distracted-from-real-work.6420634.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/39MSPs-distracted-from-real-work.6420634.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Daily Political Newspaper Summary: 15 July 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.thinkscotland.org/news-scotland/news.html?read_full=10743&article=www.reformscotland.com]]></link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Devolution 'not failure']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/politics/Devolution-39not-failure39.6421049.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/politics/Devolution-39not-failure39.6421049.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Newsnight Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tom Miers on Panel]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t29w0/Newsnight_Scotland_15_07_2010/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t29w0/Newsnight_Scotland_15_07_2010/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['MSPs distracted from real work by grand constitutional debates']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/news/39MSPs-distracted-from-real-work.6420634.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/news/39MSPs-distracted-from-real-work.6420634.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[This devolution obsession is wrecking Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tom Miers article]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/politics/Tom-Miers-This-devolution-obsession.6420602.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/politics/Tom-Miers-This-devolution-obsession.6420602.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alex Salmond defends devolution after damning think tank report]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7890755/Alex-Salmond-defends-devolution-after-damning-think-tank-report.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7890755/Alex-Salmond-defends-devolution-after-damning-think-tank-report.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alex Salmond defends devolution after damning think tank report]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[newspolitics.info/alex-salmond-defends-devolution-after-damning-think-tank-report.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[newspolitics.info/alex-salmond-defends-devolution-after-damning-think-tank-report.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alex Salmond defends devolution after damning think tank report]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[eveningnewsday.info/alex-salmond-defends-devolution-after-damning-think-tank-report.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[eveningnewsday.info/alex-salmond-defends-devolution-after-damning-think-tank-report.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A "Devolution distraction"?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution Argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.com/2010/07/devolution-distraction.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.com/2010/07/devolution-distraction.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Obsession with constitutional change holding back devolved regions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[threethousandversts.blogspot.com/2010/07/obsession-with-constitutional-change.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[threethousandversts.blogspot.com/2010/07/obsession-with-constitutional-change.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Kiss and fly' charge - 'Welcome . . . give us a quid or get lost']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Parking Charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion/39Kiss-and-fly39-charge-.6421050.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion/39Kiss-and-fly39-charge-.6421050.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spending cuts and rising material costs threaten Scotland's recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Spending Cuts]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/breaking-business-news/2010/07/15/spending-cuts-and-rising-material-costs-threaten-scotland-s-recovery-97298-22414646/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/breaking-business-news/2010/07/15/spending-cuts-and-rising-material-costs-threaten-scotland-s-recovery-97298-22414646/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SUSTAINING THE RECOVERY IN UNCERTAIN TIMES]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Business Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.sourcews.co.uk/sustaining-recovery-uncertain-times]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.sourcews.co.uk/sustaining-recovery-uncertain-times]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Slight signs' of recovery in Scottish manufacturing not expected to continue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Survey Results]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/39Slight-signs39-of-recovery-in.6420748.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/39Slight-signs39-of-recovery-in.6420748.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Warning of threat to Scotland's fragile economic recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Comment on SCC Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Scottish-Business-Briefing--Thursday.6420969.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Scottish-Business-Briefing--Thursday.6420969.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reform Scotland July]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Daily Political Newspaper Summary: 14 July 2010
All newspaper references refer to Scottish editions. Where there is a link to a newspaper’s website, the relevant page reference is blue and underlined.]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[dataxchange.mediamice.net/GBA/digidocs/Reform_Scotland_July.pdf]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[dataxchange.mediamice.net/GBA/digidocs/Reform_Scotland_July.pdf]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Daily Political Newspaper Summary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fiscal responsibility]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.reformscotland.com/index.php/publication/view_details/826/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.reformscotland.com/index.php/publication/view_details/826/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WEDNESDAY 14TH JULY 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh drop off charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/page42/files/9cf67e79b28eb8cbf5cae0454d98a1e8-72.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/page42/files/9cf67e79b28eb8cbf5cae0454d98a1e8-72.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Campaign to halt Edinburgh airport charges starts to take off]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh airport drop off charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Campaign-to-halt-Edinburgh-airport.6417809.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Campaign-to-halt-Edinburgh-airport.6417809.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland needs economic and public service reform - not constitutional reform - says Policy Exchange]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Effect of Scottish Parliament]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[conservativehome.blogs.com/thinktankcentral/2010/07/scotland-needs-economic-and-public-service-reform-not-constitutional-reform-says-policy-exchange.html?cid=6a00d83451b31c69e20133f2481ae6970b]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[conservativehome.blogs.com/thinktankcentral/2010/07/scotland-needs-economic-and-public-service-reform-not-constitutional-reform-says-policy-exchange.html?cid=6a00d83451b31c69e20133f2481ae6970b]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Devolution - damning think tank reprt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[forums.walesonline.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18886]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[forums.walesonline.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18886]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['MSPs distracted from real work by grand constitutional debates']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/39MSPs-distracted-from-real-work.6420634.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/39MSPs-distracted-from-real-work.6420634.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RSA Debates The Spirit Level]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.thersa.org/events/our-events/the-spirit-level]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.thersa.org/events/our-events/the-spirit-level]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Politicians 'neglected Scotland']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution Report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.perthshireadvertiser.co.uk/perthshire-news/scottish-news/2010/07/14/politicians-neglected-scotland-73103-26851311/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.perthshireadvertiser.co.uk/perthshire-news/scottish-news/2010/07/14/politicians-neglected-scotland-73103-26851311/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Devolution has failed Scotland thanks to constitutional 'red herring', says report]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/7888107/Devolution-has-failed-Scotland-thanks-to-constitutional-red-herring-says-report.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/7888107/Devolution-has-failed-Scotland-thanks-to-constitutional-red-herring-says-report.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots should forget about flying the flag and fix their nation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution Report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/scots-should-forget-about-flying-the-flag-and-fix-their-nation-tele-39ad32a9bd84.html?x=0]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/scots-should-forget-about-flying-the-flag-and-fix-their-nation-tele-39ad32a9bd84.html?x=0]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots Need Cameron and Clegg]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution arguement]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[avantrasara.com/2010/07/14/scots-need-cameron-and-clegg/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[avantrasara.com/2010/07/14/scots-need-cameron-and-clegg/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland has become Stag-nation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.171english.cn/article.asp?ThreadID=8815]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.171english.cn/article.asp?ThreadID=8815]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New powers for Parliament 'not the answer' to financial problems]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/politics/New-powers-for-Parliament-39not.6418120.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/politics/New-powers-for-Parliament-39not.6418120.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Politicians 'are obsessed with constitutional change']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-10631642]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-10631642]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More power would make the Scottish parliament more accountable: Purvis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution Argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[ochillibdems.org.uk/news/002616/more_power_would_make_the_scottish_parliament_more_accountable_purvis.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[ochillibdems.org.uk/news/002616/more_power_would_make_the_scottish_parliament_more_accountable_purvis.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Politicians ‘neglected Scotland’]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bigonglasgow.com/2010/politicians-neglected-scotland-177465]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.bigonglasgow.com/2010/politicians-neglected-scotland-177465]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots should forget about flying flag and fix their nation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution arguement]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.crossofstgeorge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=213558&sid=1f222d6401518be68ba562ae12903548]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.crossofstgeorge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=213558&sid=1f222d6401518be68ba562ae12903548]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The real 'distraction' is the argument against Scottish self-government]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2010/07/real-distraction-is-argument-against.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2010/07/real-distraction-is-argument-against.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alex Salmond defends devolution after damning think tank report]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution argument]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[eupolitics.einnews.com/news/uk-snp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[eupolitics.einnews.com/news/uk-snp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Campaign to halt Edinburgh airport charges starts to take off]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Airport parking charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.scotsman.com/scotlandsairports/Campaign-to-halt-Edinburgh-airport.6417809.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.scotsman.com/scotlandsairports/Campaign-to-halt-Edinburgh-airport.6417809.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment in Scotland continue to rise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/breaking-business-news/2010/07/14/unemployment-figures-for-scotland-continues-to-rise-97298-22412313/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/breaking-business-news/2010/07/14/unemployment-figures-for-scotland-continues-to-rise-97298-22412313/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Raising £1 drop-off fee can't be ruled out - airport chief]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Airport parking]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Raising-1-dropoff-fee-cant.6415327.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Raising-1-dropoff-fee-cant.6415327.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Raising £1 drop-off fee can't be ruled out - airport chief]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Airport drop off charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Raising-1-dropoff-fee-cant.6415327.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Raising-1-dropoff-fee-cant.6415327.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots should forget about flying the flag and fix their nation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devolution report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/7888795/Scots-should-forget-about-flying-the-flag-and-fix-their-nation.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/7888795/Scots-should-forget-about-flying-the-flag-and-fix-their-nation.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Raising £1 drop-off fee can't be ruled out - airport chie]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Parking at Edinburgh Airport]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Raising-1-dropoff-fee-can39t.6415327.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Raising-1-dropoff-fee-can39t.6415327.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chambers step up campaign on rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Chambers-step-up-campaign-on.6413498.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Chambers-step-up-campaign-on.6413498.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[After Hours event]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Event]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[entrepreneur.scotsman.com/viewevent.aspx?id=5]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[entrepreneur.scotsman.com/viewevent.aspx?id=5]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Festival of Politics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Event]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.cspp.org.uk/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.cspp.org.uk/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RNID Scotland FREE Disability Discrimination Act (1995) Information Session]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[RNID Scotland FREE Disability Discrimination Act (1995) Information Session]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[fwix.com/edinburgh/search/RNID]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[fwix.com/edinburgh/search/RNID]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland's economic recovery 'slowing' down]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[economic recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/07/12/Scotlands_economic_recovery_slowing_down/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/07/12/Scotlands_economic_recovery_slowing_down/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Anniversaries of Time Ball & One O'Clock Gun]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Edinburgh Time Ball & One O'Clock Gun - inventions of Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce reach 150 years old.]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[1oclockgun.org.uk/royal_regiment]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[1oclockgun.org.uk/royal_regiment]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Don’t tell us the answer on police reform before we have debated the question]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Letter]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/comment/herald-letters/letters-monday-12-july-2010-1.1040625]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/comment/herald-letters/letters-monday-12-july-2010-1.1040625]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why cut train services to Glasgow while courting another rail]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Trains]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100712/cut-train-services-glasgow-courting/ai_n54396565/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100712/cut-train-services-glasgow-courting/ai_n54396565/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shock business rates hike sparks mass protest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.allvoices.com/tags/mass-protest]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.allvoices.com/tags/mass-protest]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shock business rates hike sparks mass protest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates hike]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/business/Shock-business-rates-hike-sparks.6413015.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/business/Shock-business-rates-hike-sparks.6413015.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shock business rates hike sparks mass protest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Shock-business-rates-hike-sparks.6413015.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Shock-business-rates-hike-sparks.6413015.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business leaders fume over Edinburgh airport's 'barmy' £1 parking levy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Parking at Edinburgh Airport]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Business-leaders-fume-over-Edinburgh.6412242.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Business-leaders-fume-over-Edinburgh.6412242.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shock business rates hike sparks mass protest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.allvoices.com/news/6277560-shock-business-rates-hike-sparks-mass-protest]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.allvoices.com/news/6277560-shock-business-rates-hike-sparks-mass-protest]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SLCI Conference]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SLCI Conference]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.slciconference.com/news]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.slciconference.com/news]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Scope Mission to Edinburgh (Scotland)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Scope Mission to Edinburgh (Scotland)]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bccl.lt/?pid=26&id=179]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.bccl.lt/?pid=26&id=179]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ECC Supply Chain event]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ECC Supply Chain event]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ciltuk.org.uk/pages/iesearchres]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ciltuk.org.uk/pages/iesearchres]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Filthy rich come out clean on the other side]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recession]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/features/Filthy-rich-come-out-clean.6410701.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/features/Filthy-rich-come-out-clean.6410701.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The case for Borders rail link should be scrutinised again]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Borders rail link]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/comment/herald-view/the-case-for-borders-rail-link-should-be-scrutinised-again-1.1040125]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/comment/herald-view/the-case-for-borders-rail-link-should-be-scrutinised-again-1.1040125]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Economic concerns as new car sales stall]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[car sales]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/scotlandseconomy/Economic-concerns-as-new-car.6407520.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/scotlandseconomy/Economic-concerns-as-new-car.6407520.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hearts and Hibs team up to fight city chiefs over rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[sport.scotsman.com/heartofmidlothianfc/Hearts-and-Hibs-team-up.6400118.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[sport.scotsman.com/heartofmidlothianfc/Hearts-and-Hibs-team-up.6400118.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ryanair defies airline rivals to back Edinburgh airport drop-off charge]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Airport Charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/12445/Ryanair-defies-airline-rivals-to.6399706.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/12445/Ryanair-defies-airline-rivals-to.6399706.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hearts and Hibs team up to fight city chiefs over rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/7284/Hearts-and-Hibs-team-up.6400118.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/7284/Hearts-and-Hibs-team-up.6400118.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Firms win tram compensation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Trams]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/firms-win-tram-compensation-1.1038980]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/firms-win-tram-compensation-1.1038980]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fury at Edinburgh airport 'access charge']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Airport parking]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scotnews10/100702-airport.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scotnews10/100702-airport.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business leaders defend airport charges but admit: Public won't be happy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Airport charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotlandsairports/Business-leaders-defend-airport-charges.6396646.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotlandsairports/Business-leaders-defend-airport-charges.6396646.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovery hopes battered as exports slide across UK]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/business/Recovery-hopes-battered-as-exports.6396522.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/business/Recovery-hopes-battered-as-exports.6396522.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.attacat.co.uk/brain/scottish-low-carbon-investment-conference-attacat-to-offer-search-engine-optimisation-paid-search-consutlancy/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.attacat.co.uk/brain/scottish-low-carbon-investment-conference-attacat-to-offer-search-engine-optimisation-paid-search-consutlancy/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Slow recovery in Scottish exports]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Slow recovery in Scottish exports]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10476351.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10476351.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland forum positions RP as investment destination]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scotland investment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/06/29/10/scotland-forum-positions-rp-investment-destination]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/06/29/10/scotland-forum-positions-rp-investment-destination]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Swinney agrees to look at rates appeal plans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates rise]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1803737?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1803737?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business leaders to meet finance secretary over rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.liverpoolwired.co.uk/news.php/70720-Business-leaders-to-meet-finance-secretary-over-rates]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.liverpoolwired.co.uk/news.php/70720-Business-leaders-to-meet-finance-secretary-over-rates]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business chiefs take job losses protest on rates to John Swinney]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/politics/Business-chiefs-take-job-losses.6386830.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/politics/Business-chiefs-take-job-losses.6386830.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[£300m rail link ‘offers poor value for money’]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Borders rail link]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scotnews10/100627-raillink.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scotnews10/100627-raillink.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Government 'blind to reality' of business rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/politics/Scottish-Government-39blind-to-reality39.6385830.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/politics/Scottish-Government-39blind-to-reality39.6385830.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Taxpayers left facing huge bill for Gathering compensation claims]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Homecoming clan gathering]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[heritage.scotsman.com/scotland/Taxpayers-left-facing-huge-bill.6385584.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[heritage.scotsman.com/scotland/Taxpayers-left-facing-huge-bill.6385584.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[pound(s)300m rail link 'offers poor value for money']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Borders Railway]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100626/pounds300m-rail-link-offers-poor/ai_n54202622/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100626/pounds300m-rail-link-offers-poor/ai_n54202622/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixed reaction for Chancellor's Budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/2010/06/25/mixed-reaction-for-chancellor-s-budget-97298-22358504/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/2010/06/25/mixed-reaction-for-chancellor-s-budget-97298-22358504/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget is 'painful but necessary']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/8303/Budget_is__painful_but_necessary_.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/8303/Budget_is__painful_but_necessary_.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC reaction to emergency budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ayrshire-chamber.org/newsitem]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ayrshire-chamber.org/newsitem]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Future of trams splits city]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Trams]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/transport-news/Future-of-trams-splits-city.6381555.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/transport-news/Future-of-trams-splits-city.6381555.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Osborne gets thumbs-up from business leaders]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/economics/The-Budget-Osborne-gets-thumbsup.6377592.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/economics/The-Budget-Osborne-gets-thumbsup.6377592.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget risks spiral of decline, says Scots government.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/mobile/scotland/10365255.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/mobile/scotland/10365255.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget 2010: gaming industry laments loss of tax relief]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.businesswings.co.uk/articles/Budget-2010-gaming-industry-laments-loss-of-tax-relief]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.businesswings.co.uk/articles/Budget-2010-gaming-industry-laments-loss-of-tax-relief]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Concern over failure to axe planned NI rise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100623/concern-failure-axe-planned-ni/ai_n54151302/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100623/concern-failure-axe-planned-ni/ai_n54151302/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Budget: Osborne gets thumbs-up from business leaders]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/The-Budget-Osborne-gets-thumbsup.6377592.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/The-Budget-Osborne-gets-thumbsup.6377592.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Breakfast is hard to swallow]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget Breakfast]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Talk-of-the-Town-Labour.6375727.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Talk-of-the-Town-Labour.6375727.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixed Scottish business reaction to Budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ukwirednews.com/news.php/69384-Mixed-Scottish-business-reaction-to-Budget]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ukwirednews.com/news.php/69384-Mixed-Scottish-business-reaction-to-Budget]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish businesses fear VAT rise fallout]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[politics.caledonianmercury.com/2010/06/22/scottish-businesses-fear-vat-rise-fallout/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[politics.caledonianmercury.com/2010/06/22/scottish-businesses-fear-vat-rise-fallout/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixed Scottish business reaction to Budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10375973.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10375973.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Austerity medicine needs sugar of practical support for businesses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Austerity-medicine-needs-sugar-of.6375143.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Austerity-medicine-needs-sugar-of.6375143.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCOTTISH NEWS: WARNING OVER 'HORROR' CUTS IMPACT]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[horseracing.msg.com/article/0egO2kpbsY11k?q=Scotland]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[horseracing.msg.com/article/0egO2kpbsY11k?q=Scotland]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UK emergency Budget paves way for Scottish cuts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Deficit cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.londonwired.co.uk/news.php/69170-UK-emergency-Budget-paves-way-for-Scottish-cuts]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.londonwired.co.uk/news.php/69170-UK-emergency-Budget-paves-way-for-Scottish-cuts]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UK emergency Budget paves way for Scottish cuts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.birminghamwired.co.uk/news.php/69170-UK-emergency-Budget-paves-way-for-Scottish-cuts]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.birminghamwired.co.uk/news.php/69170-UK-emergency-Budget-paves-way-for-Scottish-cuts]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget Breakfast in association with Chiene + Tait]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget Breakfast]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.whatsoncentral.co.uk/Search/tabid/54/Default.aspx?e=1696~0~2f93900a-ca13-4989-8882-07835d78fce9]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.whatsoncentral.co.uk/Search/tabid/54/Default.aspx?e=1696~0~2f93900a-ca13-4989-8882-07835d78fce9]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Enterprise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Social Enterprise]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/business/economic_development/CEC_social_enterprise]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/business/economic_development/CEC_social_enterprise]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Power Lunch Club]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Power Lunch Club]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.powerlunchclub.co.uk/members-profiles/edinburgh-chamber-of-commerce/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.powerlunchclub.co.uk/members-profiles/edinburgh-chamber-of-commerce/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ECC]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ECC]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[uk.merchantcircle.com/business/Edinburgh.Chamber.of.Commerce.0131-221-2999]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[uk.merchantcircle.com/business/Edinburgh.Chamber.of.Commerce.0131-221-2999]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How SMEs can use technologies to drive economic recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Event - Steve Felice of Dell]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[technetscotland.com/news/view/1]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[technetscotland.com/news/view/1]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Documents]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Documents]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.docstoc.com/search/edinburgh-chamber-of-commerce]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.docstoc.com/search/edinburgh-chamber-of-commerce]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Challenge & Opportunities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Speakers]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bipsolutions.com/events/cbi-sbs2010/speakers.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.bipsolutions.com/events/cbi-sbs2010/speakers.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chiene + Tait to host an Emergency Budget Breakfast Briefing 23 June]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget Breakfast]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.chiene.co.uk/Item.aspx?dept_id=131&item_id=80]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.chiene.co.uk/Item.aspx?dept_id=131&item_id=80]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland's Transport]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The View from Scottish Chambers]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ciltuk.org.uk/pages/iesearchres?_region=Scottish]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ciltuk.org.uk/pages/iesearchres?_region=Scottish]]></guid>
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<title><![CDATA[8TH RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE - THE RESILIENCE OF RURAL ENTERPRISE IN A RECESSION]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scotland National Rural Network course on Small Scale Renewable Energy]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh Book Festival]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Cut Costs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Regeneration & Renewal Chamber employees work for Council on encouraging inward investment.]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.regen.net/inDepth/ByDiscipline/Policy/login/1003226/]]></link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Public Consultation on Major Projects]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Planning Concordat]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.planningaidscotland.org.uk/events_more.asp?event_id=33&current_id=1]]></link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ILA Scotland approved providers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ILA Scotland approved providers]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ilascotland.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D3F7E322-8EDA-439D-AAE1-70172CAA61DC/0/ILAScotlandlearningproviders240510.pdf]]></link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish construction takes a pounding as banks restrict lending]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Effects of lack of bank lending]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/business/Scottish-construction-takes-a-pounding.6373346.jp]]></link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget must focus on economic growth, maintains Swinney]]></title>
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<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/news/politics/budget-must-focus-on-economic-growth-maintains-swinney-1.1036102]]></link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish construction takes a pounding as banks restrict lending]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VAT tax cut urged for construction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[VAT cut for construction industry]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/national-news/vat_tax_cut_urged_for_construction_1_655700]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/national-news/vat_tax_cut_urged_for_construction_1_655700]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fraser Doherty]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fraser Doherty]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[therightaddress.co.uk/mod-product/id_prd-fraser_doherty/id_ctg-business_speakers/nav-speakers]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[therightaddress.co.uk/mod-product/id_prd-fraser_doherty/id_ctg-business_speakers/nav-speakers]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VAT tax cut urged for construction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[VAT tax cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scotland/headlines/tm_headline=vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction%26method=full%26objectid=26689466%26siteid=50144-name_page.html]]></link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish construction takes a pounding as banks restrict lending]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Banks lending freeze]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Scottish-construction-takes-a-pounding.6373346.jp]]></link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tax cut call to help construction firms]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tax cut call to help construction firms]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/politics/Tax-cut-call-to-help.6373501.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/politics/Tax-cut-call-to-help.6373501.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Suite news for hotels leading tourist charge]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Hotels]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Suite-news-for-hotels-leading.2547236.jp]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VAT tax cut urged for construction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[VAT tax cut urged for construction]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk/tm_headline=vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction%26method=full%26objectid=26689454%26siteid=63858-name_page.html]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VAT tax cut urged for construction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[VAT cut plea]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bigonglasgow.com/2010/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-150238]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour's Alexander slams delay in naming boss for export agency]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SDI appointment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20100620//ai_n54117456/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20100620//ai_n54117456/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VAT tax cut urged for construction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[VAT cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/national/vat_tax_cut_urged_for_construction_1_655700]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VAT tax cut urged for construction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[VAT and construction Industry]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.eastkilbridenews.co.uk/lanarkshire-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-68653-26689448/]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT cut for Construction]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.paisleydailyexpress.co.uk/renfrewshire-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-87085-26689432/]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.dgstandard.co.uk/dumfries-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-51311-26689462/]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.acadvertiser.co.uk/lanarkshire-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-65864-26689450/]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT cut plea]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.westlothiancourier.co.uk/west-lothian-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-62405-26689458/]]></link>
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<link>http://<![CDATA[www.perthshireadvertiser.co.uk/perthshire-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-73103-26689446/]]></link>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT cut plea]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.stirlingobserver.co.uk/stirling-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-51226-26689464/]]></link>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.kilmarnockstandard.co.uk/ayrshire-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-81430-26689434/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.kilmarnockstandard.co.uk/ayrshire-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-81430-26689434/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[VAt cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.rutherglenreformer.co.uk/rutherglen-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-63227-26689456/]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT tax cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.wishawpress.co.uk/wishaw-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-76495-26689440/]]></link>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT tax cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.irvineherald.co.uk/ayrshire-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-75485-26689442/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.irvineherald.co.uk/ayrshire-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-75485-26689442/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<link>http://<![CDATA[www.lennoxherald.co.uk/dunbartonshire-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-114557-26689420/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.lennoxherald.co.uk/dunbartonshire-news/scottish-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-114557-26689420/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT tax cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[topics.treehugger.com/article/0aryduh45AgjC?q=taxes+OR+tax+OR+%22carbon+tax%22+OR+%22tax+credit%22+OR+%22tax+break%22+OR+%22tax+rebate%22+OR+%22cap+and+tax%22+]]></link>
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<link>http://<![CDATA[www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/breaking-news/2010/06/20/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-51525-26689460/]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT tax cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_headline=vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction%26method=full%26objectid=26689468%26siteid=50141-name_page.html]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<link>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0gD7fShdS4g3O?q=Scotland]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT tax cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[icdumfries.icnetwork.co.uk/othernews/news/tm_headline=vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction%26method=full%26objectid=26689438%26siteid=77296-name_page.html]]></link>
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<link>http://<![CDATA[www.neb.rr.com/home/topicdl/article/dlt/0e9V9V79TUenD/0dptgOSdp3d1Z/VAT_tax_cut_urged_for]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[VAT tax cut]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.magazinesforbusiness.co.uk/business/vat-tax-cut-urged-for-construction-lynn-news]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour's Alexander slams delay in naming boss for export agency]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SDI CEO]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20100620/ai_n54117456/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20100620/ai_n54117456/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hospitality sector continues to suffer as recession fallout weighs on city’s hotels]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recession hits hotels]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/hospitality-sector-continues-to-suffer-as-recession-fallout-weighs-on-city-s-hotels-1.1035852]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/hospitality-sector-continues-to-suffer-as-recession-fallout-weighs-on-city-s-hotels-1.1035852]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland’s Economy Would Benefit From Airport Expansion, But Which Should Be Expanded?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.fitfiend.com/people/sandra8/blog/scotland%E2%80%99s-economy-would-benefit-airport-expansion-which-should-be-expanded]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Worker numbers up in Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Employment figures up]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[reillypeople.com/newsfeed-detail.asp?ID=18217079&categoryid=430024515&iPageNum=11]]></link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For sale: award-winning hotel frequented by stars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Glasshouse for sale]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/for-sale-award-winning-hotel-frequented-by-stars-1.1035639]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/for-sale-award-winning-hotel-frequented-by-stars-1.1035639]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Glasshouse Hotel on the market after being affected by local tram works]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Trams affect Hotel]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business-sale.com/news/article/the-glasshouse-hotel-on-the-market-after-being-affected-by-local-tram-works-32978.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business-sale.com/news/article/the-glasshouse-hotel-on-the-market-after-being-affected-by-local-tram-works-32978.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cut The VAT, Scottish Business Leaders Urge]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TAX]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.housingscotlandtoday.com/comments/2010/06/18/cut-the-vat--scottish-business-leaders-urge-4917]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.housingscotlandtoday.com/comments/2010/06/18/cut-the-vat--scottish-business-leaders-urge-4917]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rok's scheme to save construction jobs and skills]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Construction industry]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.buildingtalk.com/news/xri/xri102.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.buildingtalk.com/news/xri/xri102.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCOTTISH JOBLESS FIGURE RISES TO HIGHEST IN UK]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.express.co.uk/posts/view/181458]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.express.co.uk/posts/view/181458]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment hits 2.47 million as spending cuts bite]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment figures]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/unemployment-hits-2-47-million-as-spending-cuts-bite-1.1035308]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/unemployment-hits-2-47-million-as-spending-cuts-bite-1.1035308]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots unemployment on the rise again]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.stv.tv/scotland/182974-scots-unemployment-on-the-rise-again/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.stv.tv/scotland/182974-scots-unemployment-on-the-rise-again/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inquiry into the relationship between transport and land use planning policies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Planning ploicies]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[polfest.org/s3/committees/ticc/inquiries/transportplanninghome.htm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[polfest.org/s3/committees/ticc/inquiries/transportplanninghome.htm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish firms fear Budget tax increases]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Potential Tax Increases]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1781195?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1781195?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Companies 'fear budget tax rises']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Potential Tax Increases]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressassociation.com/component/pafeeds/2010/06/14/companies_fear_budget_tax_rises?camefrom=scotland]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressassociation.com/component/pafeeds/2010/06/14/companies_fear_budget_tax_rises?camefrom=scotland]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Companies 'fear budget tax rises']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Potential Tax rises]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/national/companies_fear_budget_tax_rises_1_651705]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/national/companies_fear_budget_tax_rises_1_651705]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Companies 'fear budget tax rises']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Potential Tax rise fears]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/national/companies_fear_budget_tax_rises_1_651705]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/national/companies_fear_budget_tax_rises_1_651705]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots firms urge Chancellor not to raise capital gains tax]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tax rises]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/economics/Scots-firms-urge-Chancellor-not.6359201.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/economics/Scots-firms-urge-Chancellor-not.6359201.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Business Opposing Tax Change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tax changes]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.taxationinfonews.com/2010/06/scottish-groups-opposing-tax-change/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.taxationinfonews.com/2010/06/scottish-groups-opposing-tax-change/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots businesses 'concern' over potential tax rises]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tax rises]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.stv.tv/scotland/182650-scots-businesses-concern-over-potential-tax-rises/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.stv.tv/scotland/182650-scots-businesses-concern-over-potential-tax-rises/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CHAMBERS’ TAX SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS THAT 47% OF  SCOTTISH BUSINESSES ARE CONCERNED OVER  CAPITAL GAINS TAX RISES]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tax]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.renfrewshirechamber.com/CHAMBERSTAXSURVEY.asp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.renfrewshirechamber.com/CHAMBERSTAXSURVEY.asp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Trading conditions improve for Scottish businesses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Business Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10303965.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10303965.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Government spending: The axe factor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Taxation & spending cuts]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/politics/Government-spending-The-axe-factor.6358753.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/politics/Government-spending-The-axe-factor.6358753.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Blown Cash]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Clipper Sponsorship]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3009205/Cash-blown-on-yacht-trip.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3009205/Cash-blown-on-yacht-trip.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tram chiefs prepare to hold crunch talks with Swinney]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tram Project]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Tram-chiefs-prepare-to-hold.6356143.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Tram-chiefs-prepare-to-hold.6356143.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Firms' plea over 414% rate rises]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Potential Tax rises]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/scotlandseconomy/Firms-plea-over-414-rate.6355588.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/scotlandseconomy/Firms-plea-over-414-rate.6355588.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Investing in energy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Epistemy hopes its new software will benefit the oil and gas sector]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2010/06/11/investing-in-energy-97298-22325721/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2010/06/11/investing-in-energy-97298-22325721/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Government must step in to ease rates shock]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.renfrewshirechamber.com/Govermentmuststepintoeaseratesshock.asp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.renfrewshirechamber.com/Govermentmuststepintoeaseratesshock.asp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Halifax in merger talks with the Bank of Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bank Merger]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/magic-qualities-of-a-good-cuppa-and-tasty-cakes-are-a-recipe-for-success-1.1028190]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/magic-qualities-of-a-good-cuppa-and-tasty-cakes-are-a-recipe-for-success-1.1028190]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Graham Birse: Pimp my city]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Selling Edinburgh]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion/-Graham-Birse-Pimp-my.6349723.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion/-Graham-Birse-Pimp-my.6349723.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Attacat Brain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh E-Business Week 2010]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.attacat.co.uk/brain/edinburgh-ebusiness-week-2010/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.attacat.co.uk/brain/edinburgh-ebusiness-week-2010/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deadline for trams put back two years]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Trams]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/scotland/Deadline-for-trams-put-back.6343621.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/scotland/Deadline-for-trams-put-back.6343621.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Work, rest and play: Corporate 'therapy' sees staff untangle knots and move mints with their minds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Motivational techniques]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[living.scotsman.com/features/Work-rest-and-play-Corporate.6341195.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[living.scotsman.com/features/Work-rest-and-play-Corporate.6341195.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[We should let city flourish]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Planning concordat]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion/Mouthpiece-We-should-let-city.6328699.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion/Mouthpiece-We-should-let-city.6328699.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hole in council repair budgets brings warning of road closures]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cost of road repair after bad winter]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/hole-in-council-repair-budgets-brings-warning-of-road-closures-1.1030706]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/hole-in-council-repair-budgets-brings-warning-of-road-closures-1.1030706]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Great Dunes of Scotland! Trump renames site of golf course]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Trump Golf Course]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7137678.ece]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7137678.ece]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chamber Team lobbies Minister on Business Rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/chamber-team-lobbies-minister-on-business-rates/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/chamber-team-lobbies-minister-on-business-rates/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Royal Mile wrapped up in tartan tat]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mile Souvenir Shops]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Royal-Mile-wrapped-up-in.6319944.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Royal-Mile-wrapped-up-in.6319944.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business chiefs win assurance from Swinney on rising rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business rate increase]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1751882?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1751882?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Out-of-town stores 'benefit locals']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advantages of out of town stores]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/national/out_of_town_stores_benefit_locals_1_639009]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/national/out_of_town_stores_benefit_locals_1_639009]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Back to the drawing board – new firm to rejig Caltongate plan]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Caltongate Scheme]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.scotsman.com/scotland/Back-to-the-drawing-board.6314150.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.scotsman.com/scotland/Back-to-the-drawing-board.6314150.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Transport Committee]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Transport Committee]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/scotland/newsid_8701000/8701000.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/scotland/newsid_8701000/8701000.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is The Recession Over In The UK?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recession]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.greengates.co.uk/news/2010/may/is-the-recession-over-in-the-uk-asks.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.greengates.co.uk/news/2010/may/is-the-recession-over-in-the-uk-asks.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Halifax in merger talks with Bank of Scotland  :]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Merger talks]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-41073/Halifax-merger-talks-Bank-Scotland.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-41073/Halifax-merger-talks-Bank-Scotland.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Concordat aims for easier applications]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Planning concordat]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.planningresource.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Development-Control/1004214/Concordat-aims-easier-applications/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.planningresource.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Development-Control/1004214/Concordat-aims-easier-applications/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tram support package]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Trams]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.edinburghtrams.com/index.php/media/by_type/media_releases/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.edinburghtrams.com/index.php/media/by_type/media_releases/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[John Swinney wants council tax to be frozen till 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Council tax]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/topstories/John-Swinney-wants-Council-Tax.6306716.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/topstories/John-Swinney-wants-Council-Tax.6306716.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish business leaders demand high speed rail link]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HSR]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/scottish-business-leaders-demand-high-speed-rail-link-1.1028182]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/scottish-business-leaders-demand-high-speed-rail-link-1.1028182]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to cut costs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Regeneration]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.regen.net/inDepth/ByDiscipline/Economic-Development/1003226/cut-costs/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.regen.net/inDepth/ByDiscipline/Economic-Development/1003226/cut-costs/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Promoting franchises could deliver prosperity if supported, say business experts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Franchises need support]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/scotland/Promoting-franchises-could-deliver-prosperity.6297736.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/scotland/Promoting-franchises-could-deliver-prosperity.6297736.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business rate defence provokes fresh anger]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Proposed Business rate change]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Business-rate-defence-provokes-fresh.6296687.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Business-rate-defence-provokes-fresh.6296687.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Heathrow decision may help high-speed rail link]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Heathrow runway good for Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1738022?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1738022?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[John Swinney and city business chiefs to hold talks on rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business rate changes]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/John-Swinney-and-city-business.6295265.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/John-Swinney-and-city-business.6295265.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish firms 'hit by business rates']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business rates change]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/2010/05/14/scottish-firms-hit-by-business-rates-97298-22257348/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/2010/05/14/scottish-firms-hit-by-business-rates-97298-22257348/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish unemployment rate is worst in the UK]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7124503.ece]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7124503.ece]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Government facing crisis as jobless total tops 2.5m]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1733645?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1733645?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC COMMENT ON THE NEW UK GOVERNMENT]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Coalition Govt reaction]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.sourcews.co.uk/scc-comment-new-uk-government]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.sourcews.co.uk/scc-comment-new-uk-government]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCOTLAND'S 216,000 jobless total is the worst unemployment rate in the UK]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment figures]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2971050/216000-Scots-are-jobless.html?mob=1]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2971050/216000-Scots-are-jobless.html?mob=1]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Enterprise and Learning Committee]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Enterprise]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-committees/bus-committees-scrutiny-committees/bus-committees-third-els-home/bus-committees-third-els-agendas.htm?act=dis&id=179774&ds=5/2010]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-committees/bus-committees-scrutiny-committees/bus-committees-third-els-home/bus-committees-third-els-agendas.htm?act=dis&id=179774&ds=5/2010]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment in Tayside and Fife down again]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment drop]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[beta.thecourier.co.uk/News/National/article/1286/unemployment-in-tayside-and-fife-down-again.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[beta.thecourier.co.uk/News/National/article/1286/unemployment-in-tayside-and-fife-down-again.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[David Cameron pledges to govern Scotland with 'respect']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[David Cameron on Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/news/David-Cameron-pledges-to-govern.6291122.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/news/David-Cameron-pledges-to-govern.6291122.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots unemployment up by 10,000]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/scotland/8677033.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/scotland/8677033.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish unemployment rises by 10,000 in three months]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment figures]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8677033.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8677033.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC comment on the new government]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Coalition Govt]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.caithnesschamber.com/default.asp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.caithnesschamber.com/default.asp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment rate higher in Scotland than rest of UK as jobless increase by 10,000]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/05/12/unemployment-rate-higher-in-scotland-than-rest-of-uk-as-jobless-increase-by-10-000-86908-22253087/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/05/12/unemployment-rate-higher-in-scotland-than-rest-of-uk-as-jobless-increase-by-10-000-86908-22253087/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[216,000 Scots are jobless]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2971050/216000-Scots-are-jobless.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2971050/216000-Scots-are-jobless.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment rises by 10,000]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment rise]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=12933]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=12933]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Castle can't sell tourism alone]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tourism]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion/Martin-Hannan-Castle-can39t-sell.6285801.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion/Martin-Hannan-Castle-can39t-sell.6285801.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BA strike chaos to hit half-term holidays]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BA Strikes]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/transport-news/BA--strike-chaos-to.6285354.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/transport-news/BA--strike-chaos-to.6285354.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Figures look good for city's economy despite recession]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh's economic outlook]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[topics.treehugger.com/article/02AvdbidmVfoK?q=Green+Energy]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[topics.treehugger.com/article/02AvdbidmVfoK?q=Green+Energy]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Figures look good for city's economy despite recession]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh's Economic outlook]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/scotland/Figures-look-good-for-city39s.6283481.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/scotland/Figures-look-good-for-city39s.6283481.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Figures look good for city's economy despite recession]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh's economic outlook]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[nfl.msg.com/article/02AvdbidmVfoK?q=Green+Energy]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[nfl.msg.com/article/02AvdbidmVfoK?q=Green+Energy]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Economic recovery continues]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Economic recovery continues]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland on radar for US giant Dell]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dell deals in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/scotland-on-radar-for-us-giant-dell-1.1026322]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/scotland-on-radar-for-us-giant-dell-1.1026322]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dell plans to 'refresh' its IT offering with new acquisitions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dell expansion]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/businesstechnology/Dell-plans-to-39refresh39-its.6282202.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/businesstechnology/Dell-plans-to-39refresh39-its.6282202.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland on radar for US giant Dell]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dell]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.daylife.com/article/0dxdeyDa7T5pU]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.daylife.com/article/0dxdeyDa7T5pU]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland on radar for US giant Dell]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dell]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[topics.npr.org/article/0dxdeyDa7T5pU]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[topics.npr.org/article/0dxdeyDa7T5pU]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCCs election day message to the politicians]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[General Election]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ayrshire-chamber.org/newsitem.asp?nid=%7B58EA9D97-A63A-4D99-8752-F9D3EFA01365%7D]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ayrshire-chamber.org/newsitem.asp?nid=%7B58EA9D97-A63A-4D99-8752-F9D3EFA01365%7D]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brown pins hopes of staying at No.10 on 'volatile' voters]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[General Election]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1723077?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1723077?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[City planning improvement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Modernisation planning]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/City-planning-improvement.6272994.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/City-planning-improvement.6272994.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh today - council gets busy on social media for election night]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[General Election]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/05/05/Edinburgh_today_council_gets_busy_on_social_media_for_electi/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/05/05/Edinburgh_today_council_gets_busy_on_social_media_for_electi/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh the only UK city worth a visit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh, top destination]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[romaninuk.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2961]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[romaninuk.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2961]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[City planning improvement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh modernisation]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[topics.treehugger.com/article/0al04fxefzffr]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[topics.treehugger.com/article/0al04fxefzffr]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC's ELECTION DAY MESSAGE TO THE POLITICIANS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[General Election]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.sourcews.co.uk/scc-election-day-message-politicians]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.sourcews.co.uk/scc-election-day-message-politicians]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Special Breakfast Event Edinburgh 5th May]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Special Breakfast Event Edinburgh 5th May]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.lanarkshirechamber.org/event.asp?id=118]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.lanarkshirechamber.org/event.asp?id=118]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Healthy Working Lives Lunch & Learn]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Event]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/healthy-working-lives-lunch-a-learn/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/healthy-working-lives-lunch-a-learn/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business and a new government have to work together to lift the crisis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New government & business]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Robert-Carr--Business-and.6270155.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Robert-Carr--Business-and.6270155.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh revealed as top UK and global destination]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh the place to visit]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[travelnews.ba.com/2010/05/04/edinburgh-revealed-as-top-uk-and-global-destination/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[travelnews.ba.com/2010/05/04/edinburgh-revealed-as-top-uk-and-global-destination/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh the only UK city worth a visit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh, top destination]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Edinburgh-the-only-UK-city.6270061.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Edinburgh-the-only-UK-city.6270061.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Turning culture into commerce - Headland Archaeology]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Research findings]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bajrfed.co.uk/content.php?141-Turning-culture-into-commerce-Headland-Archaeology]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.bajrfed.co.uk/content.php?141-Turning-culture-into-commerce-Headland-Archaeology]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New leaders must cut red tape or risk the recovery, says British Chamber of Commerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Post election economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/economics/New-leaders-must-cut-red.6267726.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/economics/New-leaders-must-cut-red.6267726.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawyers seek reform compromise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Legal Services reform bill]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.londonwired.co.uk/articles.php/56224-Lawyers-seek-reform-compromise]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.londonwired.co.uk/articles.php/56224-Lawyers-seek-reform-compromise]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flying colours]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Volcano chaos]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Flying-colours.6257381.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Flying-colours.6257381.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Protecting Scottish jobs- SNP]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Futures Trust]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.govtoday.co.uk/?option=com_content&view=article&id=3264&catid=97]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.govtoday.co.uk/?option=com_content&view=article&id=3264&catid=97]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Go for it girls: it's the hen-night headache cure]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Stag and Hen Nights in Edinburgh]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/go-for-it-girls-it-s-the-hen-night-headache-cure-1.28721]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/go-for-it-girls-it-s-the-hen-night-headache-cure-1.28721]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Aviation ash crisis brought very best out of Edinburgh]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Volcano disruption]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Letters-Aviation-ash-crisis-brought.6252919.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Letters-Aviation-ash-crisis-brought.6252919.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Government action needed on apprenticeships]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Apprenticeships in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[cathypeattie.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/scottish-government-could-do-more-to-protect-apprenticeships/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[cathypeattie.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/scottish-government-could-do-more-to-protect-apprenticeships/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovery signs 'still elusive']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC quarterly report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/national/recovery_signs_still_elusive_1_586674]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/national/recovery_signs_still_elusive_1_586674]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Finance Committee]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scotland's Budget Committee]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/scotland/newsid_8644000/8644074.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/scotland/newsid_8644000/8644074.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Voters angry with bankers in British home of RBS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Banks in Edinburgh]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.malaysia.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4051038]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.malaysia.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4051038]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Chambers of Commerce gets Down to Business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pre General Election Policy Document]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[friendfeed.com/edinbuzz/bdabf1c3/scottish-chambers-of-commerce-gets-down-to]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[friendfeed.com/edinbuzz/bdabf1c3/scottish-chambers-of-commerce-gets-down-to]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tourism drive to help Scottish firms recoup lost earnings from volcano disruption]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Volcano disruption]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tourism-drive-to-help-Scottish.6250999.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tourism-drive-to-help-Scottish.6250999.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tourism drive to help Scottish firms recoup lost earnings from volcano disruption]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Volcano]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0aZW8q125N1jy?q=Scotland]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0aZW8q125N1jy?q=Scotland]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Industries play safe despite growth signs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CBI Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/2010/04/23/industries-play-safe-despite-growth-signs-97298-22205569/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/2010/04/23/industries-play-safe-despite-growth-signs-97298-22205569/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland’s expansion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Infrastructure projects]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=483&storycode=3162310&c=1]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=483&storycode=3162310&c=1]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Industries play safe despite growth signs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Economic recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.allbusiness.com/economy-economic-indicators/economic-indicators/14337191-1.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.allbusiness.com/economy-economic-indicators/economic-indicators/14337191-1.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rise in number of Capital's unemployed slowing down]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Rise-in-number-of-Capital39s.6245617.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Rise-in-number-of-Capital39s.6245617.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Scottish Chambers of Commerce is calling for a level playing field on Business Rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.schema-root.org/commerce/associations/chambers_of_commerce/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.schema-root.org/commerce/associations/chambers_of_commerce/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland bounces back from recession]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recession & recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/business/markets-economy/scotland-bounces-back-from-recession-1.1022289]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/business/markets-economy/scotland-bounces-back-from-recession-1.1022289]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Storm has been weathered but the outlook is far from settled]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recession & recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/economics/Terry-Murden-Storm-has-been.6244541.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/economics/Terry-Murden-Storm-has-been.6244541.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland bounces back from the recession]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recession & the economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/scotland-bounces-back-from-recession-1.1022289]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/scotland-bounces-back-from-recession-1.1022289]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Parliament]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Official Report 22 April 2010]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-10/sor0422-02.htm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-10/sor0422-02.htm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Protecting Scottish jobs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Futures Trust]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.snp.org/node/16966]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.snp.org/node/16966]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flights Chaos no Problem for Scots Freelancer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Volcano chaos]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/25291/flights-chaos-no-problem-for-scots-freelancer]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/25291/flights-chaos-no-problem-for-scots-freelancer]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland officially out of recession, figures show]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/business-news/2010/04/21/scotland-officially-out-of-recession-figures-show-86908-22201430/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/business-news/2010/04/21/scotland-officially-out-of-recession-figures-show-86908-22201430/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Industry joins grid charges calls]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unfair transmission charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/national/industry_joins_grid_charges_calls_1_619164]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/national/industry_joins_grid_charges_calls_1_619164]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Call For Review Of Transmission Regime]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Transmission charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.buildscotland.co.uk/construction_news.asp?newsid=110211]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.buildscotland.co.uk/construction_news.asp?newsid=110211]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[We have mail]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scotland's Infrastructure]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.the-glazine.com/WeeklyFolders/glazine20april2010/e_mail_2.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.the-glazine.com/WeeklyFolders/glazine20april2010/e_mail_2.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Scottish Chambers of Commerce calls for a level playing field on business Rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[oohja.com/xbjVl]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[oohja.com/xbjVl]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Enter our Brands of the Future competition]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Competition]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/17528/Enter-our-Brands-of-the.6243045.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/17528/Enter-our-Brands-of-the.6243045.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC COMMENT ON SCOTS GDP FIGURES]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recovery & the economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.sourcews.co.uk/scc-comment-scots-gdp-figures]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.sourcews.co.uk/scc-comment-scots-gdp-figures]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland emerges from recession]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recession & economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ifs_news/hi/newsid_8634000/8634207.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ifs_news/hi/newsid_8634000/8634207.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Industry joins grid charges calls]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Transmission charges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[breakingnews.heraldscotland.com/breaking-news/?mode=article&site=hs&id=N0004311271818226817A]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[breakingnews.heraldscotland.com/breaking-news/?mode=article&site=hs&id=N0004311271818226817A]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Businesses Come Together at First Race of The Season]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Event]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/scottish-businesses-come-together-at-first-race-of-the-season/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/scottish-businesses-come-together-at-first-race-of-the-season/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh Airport latest - most flights cancelled]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Volcano disruption]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC calls for level playing field on business rate]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ayrshire-chamber.org/newsitem.asp?nid=%7BB638872F-A09C-4A92-A420-B07D487DF69D%7D]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ayrshire-chamber.org/newsitem.asp?nid=%7BB638872F-A09C-4A92-A420-B07D487DF69D%7D]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chambers challenge business rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ifs_news/hi/newsid_8632000/8632318.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ifs_news/hi/newsid_8632000/8632318.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chambers challenge Business Rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ejogi.com/blog/2010/04/chambers-challenge-business-rates/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ejogi.com/blog/2010/04/chambers-challenge-business-rates/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chambers challenge business rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Rates]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.oregonbayareaclassifieds.com/business-data-remains-key-challenge-for-web-2-0/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.oregonbayareaclassifieds.com/business-data-remains-key-challenge-for-web-2-0/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh's economy losing 'hundreds of millions' as volcano's effects go far beyond airlines]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Volcano]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Edinburgh39s-economy-losing-39hundreds-of.6238817.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Edinburgh39s-economy-losing-39hundreds-of.6238817.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Scottish Building Federation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Infrastructure expansion]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.constructionbible.eu/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.constructionbible.eu/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ash cloud costing city 'hundreds of millions of pounds']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Volcanis Ash & travel]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/2010/apr/19/volcano-ash-edinburgh-airport-business-cost-lost-revenue]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/2010/apr/19/volcano-ash-edinburgh-airport-business-cost-lost-revenue]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dell Boss to Address Chambers Members on Driving Recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Event]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/dell-boss-to-address-chambers-members-on-driving-recovery/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/dell-boss-to-address-chambers-members-on-driving-recovery/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland must elect to become a nation of traders and recover t sluggish fortune]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com80/business/analysis/scotland-must-elect-to-become-a-nation-of-traders-and-recover-its-sluggish-fortunes-1.1019754]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com80/business/analysis/scotland-must-elect-to-become-a-nation-of-traders-and-recover-its-sluggish-fortunes-1.1019754]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Turning culture into commerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/turning-culture-into-commerce-1.1021484]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/turning-culture-into-commerce-1.1021484]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish jobs market growth 'continuing']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Employment recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/04/19/Scottish_jobs_market_growth_continuing/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/04/19/Scottish_jobs_market_growth_continuing/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Better Way to Work]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Bike Station launch their new travel campaign in Edinburgh on 21 April 2010. The aim is to get 12,500 workers to use their greener mode of transport.]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.list.co.uk/article/24769-a-better-way-to-work/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.list.co.uk/article/24769-a-better-way-to-work/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A better way to Work]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[abwtw.questionpro.com/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[abwtw.questionpro.com/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Commuters urged to use pedal power]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Cycle Challenge]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Commuters-urged-to-use-pedal.6236269.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Commuters-urged-to-use-pedal.6236269.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Turning culture into commerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Questionnaire]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/business/corporate-sme/turning-culture-into-commerce-1.1021484]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/business/corporate-sme/turning-culture-into-commerce-1.1021484]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Turning culture into commerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC quarterly survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[constituency.sky.com/page/hereford--herefordshire-south]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[constituency.sky.com/page/hereford--herefordshire-south]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cuts impact on young people]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Public spending]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[unisondave.blogspot.com/2010/04/cuts-impact-on-young-people.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[unisondave.blogspot.com/2010/04/cuts-impact-on-young-people.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cold winter hits Scottish economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quartely Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.industry-news.financialsurfer.com/2010/04/cold-winter-hits-scottish-economy/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.industry-news.financialsurfer.com/2010/04/cold-winter-hits-scottish-economy/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cold winter hits Scottish economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.extrade.nl/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.extrade.nl/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh council chiefs 'broke law' by secretly selling prime land to developers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh development]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Edinburgh-council-chiefs--39broke.6234272.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Edinburgh-council-chiefs--39broke.6234272.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh council chiefs 'broke law' by secretly selling prime land to developers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Land sals in Edinburgh]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Edinburgh-council-chiefs--broke.6234272.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Edinburgh-council-chiefs--broke.6234272.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Applications signal Edinburgh recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Planning applications rise]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.planningresource.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Development-Control/996596/Applications-signal-Edinburgh-recovery/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.planningresource.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Development-Control/996596/Applications-signal-Edinburgh-recovery/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Project looks to work on self-employment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bid to encourage self-employment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Project-looks-to-work-on.6232354.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Project-looks-to-work-on.6232354.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top of the pop-ups]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ECC Parking initiative]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.propertyweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=36&storycode=3161896&c=1]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.propertyweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=36&storycode=3161896&c=1]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New business backer for SNP as MP is humiliated]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scttish Independence]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/new-business-backer-for-snp-as-mp-is-humiliated-1.855719]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/new-business-backer-for-snp-as-mp-is-humiliated-1.855719]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Security : About]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Crime]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=76620]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=76620]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Project looks to work on self-employment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[self-employment initiative]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[soccernews.bigsoccer.com/article/0cck54PdpBfB0?q=Edinburgh]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[soccernews.bigsoccer.com/article/0cck54PdpBfB0?q=Edinburgh]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Success in can for ad agency]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Event]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Success-in-can-for-ad.6232306.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Success-in-can-for-ad.6232306.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Chambers of Commerce Business Survey Results]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.edinburghchamber.co.uk/policy_and_campaigns/scc_business_survey/index.cfm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.edinburghchamber.co.uk/policy_and_campaigns/scc_business_survey/index.cfm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Misery as volcanic ash grounds flights]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Volcano & flights chaos]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2010/04/16/misery-as-volcanic-ash-grounds-flights-97298-22189427/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2010/04/16/misery-as-volcanic-ash-grounds-flights-97298-22189427/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Election Manifesto 2010 - Putting our Region at the Heart of a Prosperous Country]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Election manifesto]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/election-manifesto-2010-putting-our-region-at-the-heart-of-a-prosperous-country/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/election-manifesto-2010-putting-our-region-at-the-heart-of-a-prosperous-country/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Weather leads to 'hesitant' start for Scottish economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[archive.wn.com/2010/04/15/1400/weatherhazard/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[archive.wn.com/2010/04/15/1400/weatherhazard/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bad weather hits Scottish economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8eea1202-48ee-11df-8af4-00144feab49a.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8eea1202-48ee-11df-8af4-00144feab49a.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Terry Murden: Whisky sector raises spirits but it comes at some cost]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.redtram.com/go/239861385/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.redtram.com/go/239861385/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Terry Murden: Whisky sector raises spirits but it comes at some cost]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.planetonlinenews.com/index.php?news=736746]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.planetonlinenews.com/index.php?news=736746]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotch whisky exports hit record high]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.kz-book.com/news/scotch-whisky-exports-hit-record-high/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.kz-book.com/news/scotch-whisky-exports-hit-record-high/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cold winter hits Scottish economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[hdlns.com/g1zf366za46563749/Cold+winter+hits+Scottish+economy]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[hdlns.com/g1zf366za46563749/Cold+winter+hits+Scottish+economy]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Terry Murden: Whisky sector raises spirits but it comes at some cost]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[content.usatoday.com/topics/article/European+Commission/0fQVdL94fO5dt/1]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[content.usatoday.com/topics/article/European+Commission/0fQVdL94fO5dt/1]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Economic recovery 'remains elusive' survey warns]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.silobreaker.com/economic-recovery-remains-elusive-survey-warns-5_2263375992867258395]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.silobreaker.com/economic-recovery-remains-elusive-survey-warns-5_2263375992867258395]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Drive to get commuters out of cars to be launched]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Getting Edinburgh on their bikes]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Drive-to-get-commuters-out.6232365.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Drive-to-get-commuters-out.6232365.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Weather leads to 'hesitant' start for Scottish economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Weather & its effect on the economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8619549.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8619549.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish economy stutters in first quarter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Weather and its effect on the economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.financemarkets.co.uk/tag/scottish-chambers-of-commerce/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.financemarkets.co.uk/tag/scottish-chambers-of-commerce/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Weather leads to 'hesitant' start for Scottish economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Weather and effect on economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ukwirednews.com/search.php/scottish+chambers+of+commerce]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ukwirednews.com/search.php/scottish+chambers+of+commerce]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Scottish Economy in 2010 A Time of Opportunity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ayrshire-chamber.org/newsitem.asp?nid=%7B09348D80-1108-4C96-8DEC-A8A135F1B84C%7D]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ayrshire-chamber.org/newsitem.asp?nid=%7B09348D80-1108-4C96-8DEC-A8A135F1B84C%7D]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Weather leads to 'hesitant' start for Scottish economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Weather & economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.birminghamwired.co.uk/articles.php/51901-Weather-leads-to-hesitant-start-for-Scottish-economy]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.birminghamwired.co.uk/articles.php/51901-Weather-leads-to-hesitant-start-for-Scottish-economy]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Politicians ‘need to do more’]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/politicians-need-to-do-more-1.1020767]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/politicians-need-to-do-more-1.1020767]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Little sign of sustained recovery in Scots Economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1690362?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1690362?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Business Briefing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.allvoices.com/news/5612017-scottish-business-briefing-thursday-april-15-2010]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.allvoices.com/news/5612017-scottish-business-briefing-thursday-april-15-2010]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Politicians 'need to do more']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100415/politicians/ai_n53155357/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100415/politicians/ai_n53155357/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Global recession fails to quench thirst for Scotch whisky]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.steadyhealth.com/Food-Nutrition/global-recession-fails-to-quench-thirst-for-scotch-whisky/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.steadyhealth.com/Food-Nutrition/global-recession-fails-to-quench-thirst-for-scotch-whisky/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Weather leads to 'hesitant' start for Scottish economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.londonwired.co.uk/articles.php/51901-Weather-leads-to-hesitant-start-for-Scottish-economy]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.londonwired.co.uk/articles.php/51901-Weather-leads-to-hesitant-start-for-Scottish-economy]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Business Briefing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Scottish-Business-Briefing--Thursday.6228584.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Scottish-Business-Briefing--Thursday.6228584.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Today - SCC's Clark outlines Scottish economy report findings]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.dehavilland.co.uk/Verticals/userlogin2.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fVerticals%2fMonitor%2fMoStart.aspx%3fitems%3d17788721&items=17788721]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.dehavilland.co.uk/Verticals/userlogin2.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fVerticals%2fMonitor%2fMoStart.aspx%3fitems%3d17788721&items=17788721]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Terry Murden: Whisky sector raises spirits but it comes at some cost]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.allvoices.com/news/5617295-terry-murden-whisky-sector-raises-spirits-but-it-comes-at-some-cost]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.allvoices.com/news/5617295-terry-murden-whisky-sector-raises-spirits-but-it-comes-at-some-cost]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish economy stutters in first quarter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Quarterly Survey]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.financemarkets.co.uk/2010/04/15/scottish-economy-stutters-in-first-quarter/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.financemarkets.co.uk/2010/04/15/scottish-economy-stutters-in-first-quarter/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mentoring opportunities available for people new to Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mentoring opportunity with Edinburgh University Settlement Community Learning Centre]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.volunteerscotland.org.uk/Content/News/83a6d662-f99d-4127-a301-e225b408a7c7]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.volunteerscotland.org.uk/Content/News/83a6d662-f99d-4127-a301-e225b408a7c7]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh today - elderly shopkeeper resists robber and businesses appeal against rate rises]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rates appeal]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/2010/apr/13/edinburgh-robber-shopkeeper-elderly-crime-business-rates-rise-science-festival]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/2010/apr/13/edinburgh-robber-shopkeeper-elderly-crime-business-rates-rise-science-festival]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[79% of firms appeal rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rate rise challenges]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/79-of-firms-to-appeal.6221687.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/79-of-firms-to-appeal.6221687.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland must elect to become a nation of traders and recover its sluggish fortunes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scotland's recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/analysis/scotland-must-elect-to-become-a-nation-of-traders-and-recover-its-sluggish-fortunes-1.1019754]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/analysis/scotland-must-elect-to-become-a-nation-of-traders-and-recover-its-sluggish-fortunes-1.1019754]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hoteliers slam Government as rateable values go through the roof]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hotels complain about rate rises]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/hoteliers-slam-government-as-rateable-values-go-through-the-roof-1.1019748]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/hoteliers-slam-government-as-rateable-values-go-through-the-roof-1.1019748]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh Chamber calls for rethink on Non-Domestic Rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rate increase rethink]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[fwix.com/edinburgh/article/34724d1d64/edinburgh_chamber_calls_for_rethink_on_non-domestic_rates]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[fwix.com/edinburgh/article/34724d1d64/edinburgh_chamber_calls_for_rethink_on_non-domestic_rates]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC urges review of decommissioning tax structure]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tax reform]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[social.decomworld.com/intelligence-brief/bi-monthly-intelligence-brief-march-29-april-12]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[social.decomworld.com/intelligence-brief/bi-monthly-intelligence-brief-march-29-april-12]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Record sales' for oil and gas suppliers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Oil & Gas sales]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.londonwired.co.uk/articles.php/51037-Record-sales-for-oil-and-gas-suppliers]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.londonwired.co.uk/articles.php/51037-Record-sales-for-oil-and-gas-suppliers]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Become a workplace champion for A Better Way to Work]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Workplace champion]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.edinburghrc.co.uk/news/679/57/Become-a-workplace-champion-for-A-Better-Way-to-Work]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.edinburghrc.co.uk/news/679/57/Become-a-workplace-champion-for-A-Better-Way-to-Work]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots businesses struggle to meet steep rise in rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business rate increases]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/business/Scots-businesses-struggle-to-meet.6217918.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/business/Scots-businesses-struggle-to-meet.6217918.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Economy and business must be the election’s focus, not personalities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The election & economy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/economy-and-business-must-be-the-election-s-focus-not-personalities-1.1019757]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/economy-and-business-must-be-the-election-s-focus-not-personalities-1.1019757]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More tax powers could boost growth says reform Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[More tax powers to Holyood]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/04/11/More_tax_powers_could_boost_growth_says_Reform_Scotland/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/04/11/More_tax_powers_could_boost_growth_says_Reform_Scotland/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots businesses struggle to meet steep rise in rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rate increases]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/management/Scots-businesses-struggle-to-meet.6217918.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/management/Scots-businesses-struggle-to-meet.6217918.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High hopes for plan to build first supermarket on stilts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New supermarket in Edinburgh]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/High-hopes-for-plan-to.6215586.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/High-hopes-for-plan-to.6215586.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Anger at 'telephone tax' blow to rural superfast broadband]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Broadband speeds in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1680930?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1680930?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nick Clegg warns of 'Tory VAT bombshell']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Election]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/04/08/Nick_Clegg_warns_of_Tory_VAT_bombshell/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/04/08/Nick_Clegg_warns_of_Tory_VAT_bombshell/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland behind UK as fragile recovery continues]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Economic recovery]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/scotland-behind-uk-as-fragile-recovery-continues-1.1018928]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/scotland-behind-uk-as-fragile-recovery-continues-1.1018928]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Time to get competitive - simples huh?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Election]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.scotlandvotes.com/blog/time-to-get-competitive-simples-huh]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.scotlandvotes.com/blog/time-to-get-competitive-simples-huh]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish economic revival behind in key areas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recovery in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100407/scottish-economic-revival-key-areas/ai_n53049894/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100407/scottish-economic-revival-key-areas/ai_n53049894/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Leather and chemicals boost Scottish export figures]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Export figure boosts]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.leatherbiz.com//fullitem.aspx?id=107318]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.leatherbiz.com//fullitem.aspx?id=107318]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business chiefs warn over slow broadband speeds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Broadband speeds]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.makeitcheaper.com/business-energy-news/business-telecoms-news/19708779-business-chiefs-warn-over-slow-broadband-speeds.aspx]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.makeitcheaper.com/business-energy-news/business-telecoms-news/19708779-business-chiefs-warn-over-slow-broadband-speeds.aspx]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Industrial action affects travel plans of UK holidaymakers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rail and airline strikes]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/03WUefAbHzgHS?q=London]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/03WUefAbHzgHS?q=London]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business chiefs warn over slow broadband speeds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Broadband speeds]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.silobreaker.com/business-chiefs-warn-over-slow-broadband-speeds-5_2263357125075927063]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.silobreaker.com/business-chiefs-warn-over-slow-broadband-speeds-5_2263357125075927063]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Docs said centurion Mary wouldn't see first birthday]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[100th Birthday celebration for ex-employee]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/features/-Docs-said-centurion-Mary.6205286.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/features/-Docs-said-centurion-Mary.6205286.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dragons Den on Transport Solutions for Scotland: Getting Scotland to Work]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High Speed Rail]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[grahambell.org/wordpress/archives/711]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[grahambell.org/wordpress/archives/711]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tories plans will benefit Scotland.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tories NI plans]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.scotland.com/forums/scottish-politics/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.scotland.com/forums/scottish-politics/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Business Leaders warn over Broadband Speeds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Broadband speeds in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.broadbandsuppliers.co.uk/uk-isp/scottish-business-leaders-warn-over-broadband-speeds/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.broadbandsuppliers.co.uk/uk-isp/scottish-business-leaders-warn-over-broadband-speeds/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tory NI plans 'will benefit Scots']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NI Proposals]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/national/tory_ni_plans_will_benefit_scots_1_378102]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/national/tory_ni_plans_will_benefit_scots_1_378102]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CBI demands probe of public sector pensions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pensions]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/CBI-demands-probe-of-public.6204816.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/CBI-demands-probe-of-public.6204816.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dragons Den on Transport Solutions for Scotland: Getting Scotland to Work]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HS2S]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.highspeed2scotland.co.uk/?tag=dragons-den]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.highspeed2scotland.co.uk/?tag=dragons-den]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Faster businesses broadband important to ‘competitive advantage’ in Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Broadband speeds in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.xlntelecom.co.uk/business/news/telecom/business-broadband-telecom-news/faster-businesses-broadband-important-to-competitive-advantage-in-scotland/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.xlntelecom.co.uk/business/news/telecom/business-broadband-telecom-news/faster-businesses-broadband-important-to-competitive-advantage-in-scotland/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Time Running Out For Broadband Progress]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Broadband speeds]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/time-running-out-for-broadband-progress/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/time-running-out-for-broadband-progress/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Saving the Scotsman and the newspaper industry with paywalls and incentives]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Paying for newspapers online]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[objectiveassoc.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[objectiveassoc.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boost for economy as exports increase; But business chiefs remain cautious over recovery.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recovery caution]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.thefreelibrary.com/Boost+for+economy+as+exports+increase%3B+But+business+chiefs+remain...-a0222865294]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.thefreelibrary.com/Boost+for+economy+as+exports+increase%3B+But+business+chiefs+remain...-a0222865294]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[South-east England versus the Rest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[North SOuth divide]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tory NI plans 'will benefit Scots']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NI Proposals]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0dCre297o88jN?q=Scotland]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0dCre297o88jN?q=Scotland]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots captains of industry join outcry over 'jobs tax']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Proposed NI rise]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Scots-captains-of-industry-join.6201788.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Scots-captains-of-industry-join.6201788.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Manufactured expots bounce back to raise recovery hopes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Last quarter export improvements]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/manufactured-exports-bounce-back-to-raise-recovery-hopes-1.1017884?localLinksEnabled=false]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/manufactured-exports-bounce-back-to-raise-recovery-hopes-1.1017884?localLinksEnabled=false]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Action urged on faster broadband]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Need for faster broadband in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[oneclick.indiatimes.com/article/03hzcWufrj5B9?q=Norway]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[oneclick.indiatimes.com/article/03hzcWufrj5B9?q=Norway]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chemicals lead the way as exports surge 2.9% in fourth quarter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Final quarter improvement in exports]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/business/Chemicals-lead-the--way.6199850.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/business/Chemicals-lead-the--way.6199850.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Action urged on faster broadband]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High Speed Broadband needed in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.rr.com/home/topicdl/article/dlt/0e9V9V79TUenD/05C15efaiLgNU/Action_urged_on_faster]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.rr.com/home/topicdl/article/dlt/0e9V9V79TUenD/05C15efaiLgNU/Action_urged_on_faster]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Action urged on faster broadband]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Broadband speeds]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[nhl.msg.com/article/05C15efaiLgNU]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[nhl.msg.com/article/05C15efaiLgNU]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Citidogs joins Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Citidogs joins Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.citidogs.co.uk/?p=371]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.citidogs.co.uk/?p=371]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Developers bid to build up a brighter future across Capital]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Developer plans for Edinburgh]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Developers-bid-to-build-up.6200477.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Developers-bid-to-build-up.6200477.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Action urged on faster broadband]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High Speed Broadband in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/scotland/8599882.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/scotland/8599882.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Small rise for Scottish exports in last quarter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Increase in manufacturing exports]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8598773.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8598773.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Business Briefing - Thursday April 1, 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Briefing round-up]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/scottishbusinessbriefing/Scottish-Business-Briefing--Thursday.6196868.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/scottishbusinessbriefing/Scottish-Business-Briefing--Thursday.6196868.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[End-of-year improvement for Scots exports]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Final quarter improvement in exports]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1672716?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1672716?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business leaders issue warning over broadband speeds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Broadband in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/04/01/Business_leaders_issue_warning_over_broadband_speeds/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[article.wn.com/view/2010/04/01/Business_leaders_issue_warning_over_broadband_speeds/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chambers slams tax hikes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[N.I. Rises]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0dwD7m0chQ3wL?q=Unemployment]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0dwD7m0chQ3wL?q=Unemployment]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A better way to Work]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Website]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.findabetterwaytowork.org/contact.php]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.findabetterwaytowork.org/contact.php]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland 'most likely' still in recession finds Lloyds survey]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recession]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Scotland-39most-likely39-still-in.6195959.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/Scotland-39most-likely39-still-in.6195959.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC puts out election wish-list to parties]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Policy Paper]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/SCC-puts-out-election-wishlist.6195960.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[business.scotsman.com/business/SCC-puts-out-election-wishlist.6195960.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC get "down to business"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pre election manifesto]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.renfrewshirechamber.com/SCCgetdowntobusiness.asp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.renfrewshirechamber.com/SCCgetdowntobusiness.asp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC Get ‘Down To Business’]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pre-election Policy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/scc-get-down-to-business/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/scc-get-down-to-business/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC GET ‘DOWN TO BUSINESS’]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SCC Pre-election policy]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.perthshirechamber.co.uk/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=618]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.perthshirechamber.co.uk/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=618]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Capital given respite from tram works as dispute goes on]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tram works restrictions lifted]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/news/Capital--given-respite-from.6189481.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/news/Capital--given-respite-from.6189481.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business rates team feels wrath of firms on tram line]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tram Works]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Business-rates-team-feels-wrath.6187256.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Business-rates-team-feels-wrath.6187256.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Revealed: how public sector computer system spending doubled in 10 years]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[IT spending in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/revealed-how-public-sector-computer-system-spending-doubled-in-10-years-1.1016623]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/revealed-how-public-sector-computer-system-spending-doubled-in-10-years-1.1016623]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Foreign adventures hold key to recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Beating the recession]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/business/Foreign-adventures--hold-key.6185969.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/business/Foreign-adventures--hold-key.6185969.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Revealed: how public sector computer system spending doubled in 10]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[IT spending in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20100328/ai_n52932805/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20100328/ai_n52932805/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Move to replace sick notes with fit notes is tonic for all]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Days lost through sickness]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sos-business-columnists/Michelle-Rodger-Move-to-replace.6185964.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sos-business-columnists/Michelle-Rodger-Move-to-replace.6185964.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots business leaders warn of being hit hardest by BA strike]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BA Strike]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.daylife.com/article/00q2etuerMgwD?q=Economic+Recession]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.daylife.com/article/00q2etuerMgwD?q=Economic+Recession]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish ministers made no rail line proposal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High Speed Rail]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/scottish-ministers-made-no-rail-line-proposal-1.1016100]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/scottish-ministers-made-no-rail-line-proposal-1.1016100]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Darling's Budget gets mixed reviews]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2010/03/26/darling-s-budget-gets-mixed-reviews-97298-22139782/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2010/03/26/darling-s-budget-gets-mixed-reviews-97298-22139782/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Delayed take-off for trade]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BA Strike]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/2010/03/delayed_takeoff_for_trade.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/2010/03/delayed_takeoff_for_trade.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/business-view-comment/2010/03/26/time-to-invest-in-the-community-97298-22139787]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Social Enterprise]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/business-view-comment/2010/03/26/time-to-invest-in-the-community-97298-22139787/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/business-news/business-view-comment/2010/03/26/time-to-invest-in-the-community-97298-22139787/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Delayed take-off for trade]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BA Strike]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/rss.xml]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/rss.xml]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chancellor is accused over ‘hidden’ tax rise for 30m]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget reaction]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks-ignore/chancellor-is-accused-over-hidden-tax-rise-for-30m-1.1015922]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks-ignore/chancellor-is-accused-over-hidden-tax-rise-for-30m-1.1015922]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots minister criticises Budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget reaction]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.ukwirednews.com/articles.php/46960-Scots-minister-criticises-Budget]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.ukwirednews.com/articles.php/46960-Scots-minister-criticises-Budget]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment: Stability rather than a boost]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget reaction]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7074994.ece]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7074994.ece]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Small business anger at National Insurance hike]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Reaction to National Insurance hike]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/small-business-anger-at-national-insurance-hike-1.1015994]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/small-business-anger-at-national-insurance-hike-1.1015994]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Realise your Enterprising Potential]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Mentoring]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.realisementoring.org.uk/mnt/content/links/links.asp?ContentID=05&BackTo=0&savemsg=&CustomMessage]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.realisementoring.org.uk/mnt/content/links/links.asp?ContentID=05&BackTo=0&savemsg=&CustomMessage]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots minister criticises Budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/mobile/scotland/8585815.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/mobile/scotland/8585815.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Best UK Chamber supplement in The Scotsman]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Chamber of the year]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[fwix.com/edinburgh/article/d9bb464591/best_uk_chamber_supplement_in_the_scotsman]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[fwix.com/edinburgh/article/d9bb464591/best_uk_chamber_supplement_in_the_scotsman]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UK jobs could be bolstered by Jumeirah development]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New Edinburgh Hotel development]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.careersandjobsuk.com/news/uk-jobs-could-be-bolstered-by-jumeirah-development-1671.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.careersandjobsuk.com/news/uk-jobs-could-be-bolstered-by-jumeirah-development-1671.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Terry Murden: As expected, no bold moves for businesses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[oneclick.indiatimes.com/article/03BN3Xz6JycB0?q=Economic+Recession]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[oneclick.indiatimes.com/article/03BN3Xz6JycB0?q=Economic+Recession]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots minister criticises Budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.birminghamwired.co.uk/articles.php/46960-Scots-minister-criticises-Budget]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.birminghamwired.co.uk/articles.php/46960-Scots-minister-criticises-Budget]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCC reaction to budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.caithnesschamber.com/news/index.asp?Article=927]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.caithnesschamber.com/news/index.asp?Article=927]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots minister criticises Budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8585815.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8585815.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixed response to budget measures]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget response]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/mixed-response-to-budget-measures-1.1015758]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/mixed-response-to-budget-measures-1.1015758]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots minister criticises Budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget reaction]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressdistribution.net/5771/scots-minister-criticises-budget]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressdistribution.net/5771/scots-minister-criticises-budget]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots minister criticises Budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget Reaction]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressdistribution.net/tag/david-lonsdale]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressdistribution.net/tag/david-lonsdale]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Burj Al Arab developers show interest in Edinburgh site]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New Hotel chain in Edinburgh]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.caterer.com/article/view/hotel/19685934/burj-al-arab-developers-show-interest-in-edinburgh-site/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.caterer.com/article/view/hotel/19685934/burj-al-arab-developers-show-interest-in-edinburgh-site/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven-star Dubai hotel firm look to Edinburgh for new site]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hotel potential in Edinburgh]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[deadlinescotland.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/seven-star-dubai-hotel-firm-look-to-edinburgh-for-new-site/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[deadlinescotland.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/seven-star-dubai-hotel-firm-look-to-edinburgh-for-new-site/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bank of Scotland to assist growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bank to help small businesses]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bipsolutions.com/cgi-bin/news/news.cgi?action=full_story_CBC&id=293721&unpub=false&strt=&act=view_stories_CBC&term=&keyword_bool=&websiteId=2]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bipsolutions.com/cgi-bin/news/news.cgi?action=full_story_CBC&id=293721&unpub=false&strt=&act=view_stories_CBC&term=&keyword_bool=&websiteId=2]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Victoria Raimes: What's in store behind Darling's door]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Budget]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.scotsman.com/opinion/Victoria-Raimes-What39s-in-store.6172648.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.scotsman.com/opinion/Victoria-Raimes-What39s-in-store.6172648.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots business leaders warn of being hit hardest by BA strike]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BA Strike]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/scots-business-leaders-warn-of-being-hit-hardest-by-ba-strike-1.1015329]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/scots-business-leaders-warn-of-being-hit-hardest-by-ba-strike-1.1015329]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots business leaders warn of being hit hardest by BA strike]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BA strike]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.daylife.com/article/09eUe8qeke3zy?q=Economic+Recession]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.daylife.com/article/09eUe8qeke3zy?q=Economic+Recession]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Use Social Media for Business - introductory and advanced]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Training Course]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[blethermedia.com/prezi-training-courses-discount-offer]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[blethermedia.com/prezi-training-courses-discount-offer]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots business leaders warn of being hit hardest by BA strike]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BA Strike]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[topics.pe.com/article/00q2etuerMgwD]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[topics.pe.com/article/00q2etuerMgwD]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bank in £10m loan lifeline to beleaguered businesses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business loans for small businesses]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Bank-in-10m-loan-lifeline.6170076.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Bank-in-10m-loan-lifeline.6170076.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Travel chaos to go on even after strike as 40 more Scottish flights grounded]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BA strike]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/uk/Thousands-facing-travel-chaos-after.6169342.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/uk/Thousands-facing-travel-chaos-after.6169342.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thousands facing travel chaos after strike ends as 40 more flights axed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BA strikes]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0fszaUB4ZAfbQ?q=Glasgow]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/0fszaUB4ZAfbQ?q=Glasgow]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No reservations about welcoming luxury hotel chain to Capital]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Seven star hotel plan for Edinburgh]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/No-reservations-about-welcoming-luxury.6170114.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/No-reservations-about-welcoming-luxury.6170114.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No reservations about welcoming luxury hotel chain to Capital]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Potential luxury hotel in Edinburgh]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/7053/No-reservations-about-welcoming-luxury.6170114.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/7053/No-reservations-about-welcoming-luxury.6170114.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bank in £10m loan lifeline to beleaguered businesses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bank to help small businesses]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Bank-in-10m-loan-lifeline.6170076.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Bank-in-10m-loan-lifeline.6170076.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gordon Dewar: Sky's the limit if we work together]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tourism boost]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Gordon-Dewar-Skys-the-limit.6169977.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/opinion/Gordon-Dewar-Skys-the-limit.6169977.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thousands facing travel chaos after strike ends as 40 more flights axed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BA Strikes]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/scotsman-edinburgh-scotland-the/mi_7951/is_2010_March_22/thousands-facing-travel-chaos-strike/ai_n52665015/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/scotsman-edinburgh-scotland-the/mi_7951/is_2010_March_22/thousands-facing-travel-chaos-strike/ai_n52665015/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Articles and Quotes for Edinburgh on March 22, 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Articles and Quotes for Edinburgh on March 22, 2010]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/topic/Edinburgh/timeline?date=2010-03-22]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/topic/Edinburgh/timeline?date=2010-03-22]]></guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lloyds and RBS 'open for business' to property industry]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bank lending boost for small business]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.silobreaker.com/llloyds-and-rbs-open-for-business-to-property-industry-5_2263317455684239367]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.silobreaker.com/llloyds-and-rbs-open-for-business-to-property-industry-5_2263317455684239367]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Caltongate back to the future with 'Scottish identity' built in]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Caltongate]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/caltongatedevelopment/Caltongate-back-to-the-future.6168101.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[edinburghnews.scotsman.com/caltongatedevelopment/Caltongate-back-to-the-future.6168101.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Even with the vast English subsidy they receive each year..,..]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.politics.misc/browse_thread/thread/6f15b0fc4e5654d5/426730b421a4c5d4?lnk=raot]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.politics.misc/browse_thread/thread/6f15b0fc4e5654d5/426730b421a4c5d4?lnk=raot]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Caltongate back to the future with 'Scottish identity' built in]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Caltongate development]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/evening-news-edinburgh-scotland/mi_7832/is_2010_March_20/caltongate-scottish-identity/ai_n52662791/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[findarticles.com/p/news-articles/evening-news-edinburgh-scotland/mi_7832/is_2010_March_20/caltongate-scottish-identity/ai_n52662791/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland-China Chamber of Commerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Board Memebers]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.scotchinachamber.org/English/Eindex_GYWM.asp?id=76]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.scotchinachamber.org/English/Eindex_GYWM.asp?id=76]]></guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bank of Scotland to assist growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Money available for small businesses]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/2010/03/19/bank-of-scotland-to-assist-growth-97298-22122843/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/2010/03/19/bank-of-scotland-to-assist-growth-97298-22122843/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Banks urged to 'serve Scotland's economy']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Banking report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/2010/03/19/banks-urged-to-serve-scotland-s-economy-97298-22122837/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.business7.co.uk/2010/03/19/banks-urged-to-serve-scotland-s-economy-97298-22122837/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A "Recovery" Without Jobs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.sites.google.com/site/righttoworkconference/home/the-frontlines/arecoverywithoutjobs]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.sites.google.com/site/righttoworkconference/home/the-frontlines/arecoverywithoutjobs]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Environmentalists on High Speed Rail to Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High speed rail to Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.osamasaeed.org/osama/high-speed-rail/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.osamasaeed.org/osama/high-speed-rail/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boost for businesses in east of Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish small business loans]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1653314?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1653314?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland eyes millions for renewables energy funding]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Energy potential in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.energynews24.com/2010/03/scotland-eyes-millions-for-renewables-energy-funding]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.energynews24.com/2010/03/scotland-eyes-millions-for-renewables-energy-funding]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Planning in the media]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High Speed Rail]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.planningresource.co.uk/inDepth/990739/Planning-media/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.planningresource.co.uk/inDepth/990739/Planning-media/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reform Scotland Annual Report 2009/10]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Reform Scotland Report]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.reformscotland.com/index.php/publication/view_details/717/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.reformscotland.com/index.php/publication/view_details/717/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Young jobless total rockets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Young-jobless-total-rockets.6162222.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Young-jobless-total-rockets.6162222.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Your hotel bill, sir? I'm afraid we'll have to charge you an extra £193,000]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hotel Bills in Scotland set to increase]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/scotland/Your-hotel-bill-sir-I39m.6161298.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.scotsman.com/scotland/Your-hotel-bill-sir-I39m.6161298.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Figures show a small rise in number of people without jobs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1650792?UserKey=]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1650792?UserKey=]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland's not working]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2897105/Scotlands-not-working-as-unemployment-soars.html?mob=1]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2897105/Scotlands-not-working-as-unemployment-soars.html?mob=1]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bank job cuts blamed as Scotland slips behind UK]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Bank--job-cuts-blamed.6161307.jp]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Bank--job-cuts-blamed.6161307.jp]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Unemployment Rates Up]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.liz-gilchrist.co.uk/scottish-unemployment-rates/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.liz-gilchrist.co.uk/scottish-unemployment-rates/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland is set to realise potential as 'Saudi Arabia of marine power']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Green energy potential in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.hydroworld.com/index/display/news_display.142588140.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.hydroworld.com/index/display/news_display.142588140.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment total rises by 16,000 in Scotland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Unemployment levels]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7066423.ece]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7066423.ece]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bank Job Cuts Blamed As Scotland Slips Behind Uk]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/quote/03R48bl9L6fba?q=Scotland]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/quote/03R48bl9L6fba?q=Scotland]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Underlines Need for National Insurance Rethink]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/bcc-positive-unemployment-figures-continue-to-mask-worrying-trends/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.agcc.co.uk/bcc-positive-unemployment-figures-continue-to-mask-worrying-trends/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gordon Brown unveils three high-speed rail lines]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High Speed Rail]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.blogged.com/topics/cameron-highlands-part/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.blogged.com/topics/cameron-highlands-part/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment total jumps 16,000]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8571898.stm]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8571898.stm]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scots jobless tally rises as UK’s falls]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scottish Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[politics.caledonianmercury.com/2010/03/17/scots-jobless-tally-rises-as-uks-falls/]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[politics.caledonianmercury.com/2010/03/17/scots-jobless-tally-rises-as-uks-falls/]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Worrying' rise in Scottish unemployment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unemployment in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/7466012/Worrying-rise-in-Scottish-unemployment.html]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/7466012/Worrying-rise-in-Scottish-unemployment.html]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotland is set to realise potential as ‘Saudi Arabia of marine power’]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wave and Tidal power potential in Scotland]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/scotland-is-set-to-realise-potential-as-saudi-arabia-of-marine-power-1.1013886]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/scotland-is-set-to-realise-potential-as-saudi-arabia-of-marine-power-1.1013886]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Worrying' rise in Scottish unemployment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scotish Unemployment]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/quote/005zeyagxs6l7]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[iplextra.indiatimes.com/quote/005zeyagxs6l7]]></guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scottish Chambers of Commerce welcomes renewable energy boost]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Offshore wave and tidal site bids]]></description>
<link>http://<![CDATA[www.caithnesschamber.com/news/index.asp?Article=909]]></link>
<guid>http://<![CDATA[www.caithnesschamber.com/news/index.asp?Article=909]]></guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Salmond unveils energy industry event in Capital.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Energy COnference in Edinburgh]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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