Talk:Economy of Scotland

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This article was nominated for deletion on 5 January 2006. The result of the discussion was KEEP. An archived record of this discussion can be found here.

[edit] Expansion Help?

I appreciate this is already a fairly big article, but I think there is lots of scope for expansion namely in:

• Overview of Economic History
• Components of Manufacturing
• Exports perhaps some tables, graphs etc showing trends.
• Banking and Financial Services Standard Life, RBS, the position of Edinburgh and Glasgow as financial centres
• Other Services eg telecommunications, sales, retail etc
• Manufacturing Industries eg food and drink, capital equipment, electonics, Sillicon Glen etc
• Knowledge based industry eg biotechnology, medical research and development

Thanks Globaltraveller 17:51, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scottish Expatriot

Here's part of what I posted at the Reference Desk, in answer to a question about the British economy:

Economy of Scotland article needs a lot of editing volunteers ... as one who lived there for 15 years, I believe major elements of the economy include: tourism; north sea oil; fishing; manufacturing; education, and last but not least, whiskey. User:AlMac|^(talk) 21:12, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Whisky, yes. ;)

And why the hell are the economic figures given in USD???

We use UKP here!

I'll try and improve on it.

Guinnog 01:17, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Steel has not been an industry here for decades

Guinnog 21:37, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Geography of Scotland

This has turned into a great article. Could I ask that one of the contributors write a short summary for the 'Economy of Scotland' section of Geography of Scotland? It's about 2 lines at the moment, and could use some expansion with relevant info. Thanks, ::Supergolden:: 11:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)