Salmond Urged to Offer Support for Manufacturing

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THE SCOTTISH Government is facing calls to draw up an urgent strategy for the beleaguered manufacturing sector.

Industry groups and opposition MSPs say the 900 job losses announced at drinks giant Diageo's plants in Scotland, plus renewed uncertainty last week over the future of shipbuilding on the Clyde, have highlighted the fragility of the Scottish manufacturing sector, which has shrunk by two-thirds over the past 30 years.

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Salmond Urged to Offer Support for Manufacturing

John Park, shadow minister for economy and skills, is this weekend urging Alex Salmond's government to draw up an emergency turnaround plan to ensure manufacturing...

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