Submitted by christian on Tue, 09/09/2014 - 20:01
1) Scotland has a rich and diverse economy
Scotland’s economy includes £ 21.4 billion in construction which employs 170,000 people, £ 11.6 billion in tourism which supports 292,000 jobs, £ 39 billion yearly turnover in manufacturing with a value added of £ 12.7 billion and 127,000 people employed. Scotland also has world leading expertise in life science, world class universities (5 in the world’s top 200), a multi-billion pound creative sector and vast energy (oil, gas, tidal, wave, wind and solar), fishing and agricultural resources.
