Meeting of the Parliament 12 January 2016
The final item of business today is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-14652, in the name of Gordon MacDonald, on “Scottish Grocers Federation Launches Scottish Local Shop Report”. The debate will be concluded without any question being put.
Motion debated,
That the Parliament congratulates the Scottish Grocers’ Federation on the launch, at its annual conference, of the first ever Scottish local shop report; welcomes the findings in the report that there are a greater number of independent convenience stores per head of population in Scotland than in the rest of the UK and that the sector in Scotland provides 44,332 jobs; understands the importance of convenience stores to communities in Scotland, including in Edinburgh Pentlands; celebrates reports that 87% of independent retailers in Scotland were involved in some form of community activity in the last year and that the sector is highly entrepreneurial, with 65% of independent retailers in Scotland being the first person in their family to own or run a convenience store, and understands that turnover in the sector grew by 5% between 2014 and 2015, which resulted in a net growth rate of one new shop per week in Scotland.
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