200 business leaders sign up to say Yes to independence

Edinburgh, 27 August 2014

In Scotland 200 business people have backed independence in an open letter that aims to counter warnings by 130 industry leaders the plans would be bad for trade. Stagecoach chairman Sir Brian Souter, who has donated £1million to the Nationalists in the run-up to the referendum, engineering tycoon Jim McColl, the chairman and chief executive of Clyde Blowers, and Ralph Topping, the Scottish-based former chief executive of William Hill, lead the list of signatories to the document, which is published in today’s Scotland Herald.

The Scottish business people declare that independence would offer Scotland more power to many areas of economic strength in an increasingly competitive world. The independence would provide much more opportunities for young people. The Yes campaign stated more than 2500 business people have joined the Business for Scotland group.

Alex Salmond, the Scottish first minister, underlines that there is strong power to boost the Scottish economy with a Yes vote through control over business tax system, finance, air passenger duty, employment policy, trade policy and immigration policy.

Source: www.heraldscotland.com