Minister for Innovation Needed to Give Scots 'a Competitive Edge'

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THE Scottish Cabinet will be urged this week to appoint a minister for innovation to help give the country a competitive advantage in key industries.

The call from the independent research and funding group, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta), follows pressure from the Institute of Directors whose former director general Sir George Cox is involved in promoting a centre for creativity and innovation in Scotland.

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Minister for Innovation Needed to Give Scots 'a Competitive Edge'

At a conference in Perth this week, Nesta chief executive Jonathan Kestenbaum will call for someone in the Cabinet to be appointed to ministerial status with responsibility for encouraging innovation in industry and government....

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