What we have now is a business community believing it can get movement from the executive.
"Jim Mather" is a Scottish politician, former Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism/Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism and until the 2011 election, the Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament/Member of the Scottish Parliament for Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)/Argyll and Bute.
Mather was educated at Paisley Grammar School and Greenock High School before attending the University of Glasgow. Before his election to Holyrood he worked as a chartered accountant and ran his own business. He joined the SNP in 1996 and acted as the SNP’s National Treasurer from 2000.
He is credited with making the economic case for Scottish Independence, having taken the argument to the media, boardrooms and committee rooms across Scotland between 2001 and 2007.
He was the SNP candidate in the Ayr by-election, 2000/2000 Ayr by-election and was their candidate for Argyll and Bute at the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003/2003 where he came third. He was elected to the Scottish Parliament as a regional list member for the Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region)/Highlands and Islands. In opposition he was the SNP's Shadow Enterprise and Economy Minister.
More Jim Mather on Wikipedia.Economic growth is the key to living standards and improving quality of life and I feel that to neglect economic growth is to create more inequalities between Scotland and elsewhere.
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