{"id":2621,"date":"2026-03-29T18:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2026-03-29T18:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:11:12","slug":"tories-plan-merger-of-agencies-into-growth-scotland-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=2621","title":{"rendered":"Tories plan merger of agencies into Growth Scotland \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <\/p>\n<p>Murdo Fraser: policy should be subject to a growth test (pic: DB Media Services)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Scottish Conservatives have said they would reshape Scotland\u2019s economic development framework and subject every government policy to a \u201cgrowth test\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The party says economic growth must be the number one objective for the next Scottish Government and that every proposal should be viewed through that lens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Its pro-business manifesto includes merging Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish National Investment Bank and Skills Development Scotland into a new agency called Growth Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It would be backed by a Scottish Growth Fund worth at least half a billion pounds a year. It would have a dedicated exports support division. The party has previously pledged to cap business rates rises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Scottish Conservative business spokesman Murdo Fraser said:\u00a0\u201cScotland\u2019s economy has stagnated for years under the dead hand of SNP high taxes and regulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThat has to end. The next Scottish Government must focus relentlessly on the economy \u2013 and that\u2019s why we\u2019d subject every new policy to a growth test.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe Scottish Conservatives would leave Nicola Sturgeon\u2019s woke and damaging Wellbeing Economy Alliance, and focus unapologetically and unremittingly on policies that stimulate growth and create jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cScottish firms are crying out for help and, as the party of business, the Scottish Conservatives have their back and the back of the hard-working Scots they employ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>           \t            #Tories #plan #merger #agencies #Growth #Scotland #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murdo Fraser: policy should be subject to a growth test (pic: DB Media Services) The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[6126,272,306,1737,6124,5653,3384,154,1518,6125,3387],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}