I'm sure the will have a successful economy trading in shortbread and IronBru
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Dont forget the crankiesBlade wrote:Let them leave I say. If that's what they want.
I'm sure the will have a successful economy trading in shortbread and IronBru
Until the arse fell out of the Oil price and even it hadn't it is a limited resource.Kwacky wrote:When Scotland was voting to leave the figures didn't look good for the UK without them. In terms of generating national income, Scotland is very profitable.
It's a huge over reaction which im sure alot of well informed people including Polticians have made a small fortune out off.duke63 wrote:The pound is plummeting against everything. Biggest fall is against the yen where it's lost 10%. Glad I bought my new bike whilst I could afford it.
I thought Scotland was big on service industries....I'm thinking phone stuff, internet, etc...?Kwacky wrote:In 2014, the largest exporting industry is manufacture of food products and beverages (£4.8 billion, 17.3% of all exports). The second largest industry is Legal, accounting, management, architecture, engineering, technical testing and analysis activities (£2.3 billion, 8.5% of all exports), followed by the manufacture of refined petroleum and chemical products (£2.1 billion, 7.8% of all exports ), Mining and Quarrying (£1.9 billion, 6.9% of all exports) and Wholesale and retail trade (£1.8 billion, 6.5% of all exports).
The figures tend to suggest that they're not as reliant on that sector as you think they are