I note that the job cuts (at least at this moment ...

2008-11-14T12:42:00.000Z

I note that the job cuts (at least at this moment in time) are to be in London.
Although I have sympathy for any poor bugger losing their job at this time, I'm unaccustomed to Scottish employees not being the first to fall and feel this shows the true value of indigenous businesses.
As business wanes, the heart of a company generally receives the greatest protection (albeit that this particular case is more about operational matters).
This is where Scotland has always suffered disproportionately as non indigenous businesses recoil to base.
In a monstrously centralised UK, it makes a great deal of sense for larger companies to base themselves in the South East - primarily to be in proximity to the governmental / administrative apparatus that is concentrated there.
It makes sense, of course, for a Scottish government in a devolved Scotland to encourage the formation of new small businesses, but the rub is that as these businesses grow (and our economy grows with them) there usually comes a time when it makes sense for them to base operations nearer central govt.
It seems to me that it will ever be thus in our present constitutional arrangement.
Whilst there will always be a metropolitan pull which snatches many of our best and brightest (individuals as well as businesses), I feel that a powerful counterpoint in an independent Scotland would put the brakes on.
I've struggled to express myself elegantly here but hopefully that doesn't obscure my point.

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I note that the job cuts (at least at this moment ...