Business Comment: While Credit Is Still Crunched, Direct Investment Must Become Easier

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WHAT to do about Scotland's miserable business birthrate, sluggish growth and inability to deploy the undoubted talent that exists within its borders has long eluded those tasked with finding solutions.

Grants, seminars, advisory bodies and all else have been thrown at the problem, yet it persists like a nagging and incurable pain. But could the head of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have the answer?

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Business Comment: While Credit Is Still Crunched, Direct Investment Must Become Easier

Xavier Rolet says that by giving tax breaks to investors willing to fund early-stage companies, the economy would be transformed. He is convinced that it is the biggest problem - the number one problem - ...

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