Moore says Scots business is key

Michael Moore believes Scottish business needs support in order to recover and thrive

Business is Scotland’s “lifeline” in the post-recession years, Scottish Secretary Michael Moore will tell his party’s conference.

The Lib Dem MP will tell delegates in Perth that his party understands business in Scotland.

He will say Scottish firms need support to reinvent themselves in order to recover from the downturn and thrive.

UK Lib Dem leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is also making a keynote speech to delegates.

In his speech, Mr Moore will say Scottish business must succeed in order to reshape the economy.

He will add: “We need business to generate the wealth that will se us prosper, to create the jobs that provide security and opportunity and to raise the revenue that will pay for the public services on which we all depend.

“Business is not a bystander – business is Scotland’s lifeline.”

“In Scotland today, Liberal Democrats are the party that understands business.”

Mr Moore will also tell the conference: “Business brings creativity to our country, diversity to our economy and colour to our national life.

“Building confidence is key – creating the economic conditions to inspire that confidence is our number one priority.”

The Scottish secretary will also say that, while some companies “haven’t made it” through the recession, others had reinvented themselves and found new markets.

The UK Government, he will argue, was helping through corporation tax cuts National Insurance “holidays” to help new businesses hire staff and and agreement with high street banks to raise lending to smaller firms by 15% next year.

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