I know Liz Truss couldn't run a Scottish island business

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LIZ Truss was making waves last week – and her detractors have had enough. In one news segment, a frustrated

Was the implication that only an ­idiot would try to run a hotel in the Scottish islands? Or was the suggestion that running a hotel in the islands is so easy an idiot can do it?

Running a business is difficult enough. Running one in the islands comes with a whole additional set of problems. Starting with the positives, running an island-based packaged goods business gives you a multitude of unique selling points. When you are actually in the islands, it increases again. Most parcels need to change courier, incurring a second charge. and – it stands to reason – risking breakages. That surcharge affects every aspect of an island business which deals in physical things. To all intents and ­purposes, it is an island tax.Whether you are ordering packaging, labels, or indeed salad ingredients, the ­island tax has to be added on. By ­necessity, that cost trickles down into your pricing.

We talk a lot about the challenges ­women face in the islands – particularly relating to childcare. One solution to the work and childcare dilemma can be for women to set up and run their own businesses – often starting at the kitchen table. I’ve been truly inspired by the ­women on the course. Up against what are ­sometimes remarkable odds, they are planning and executing their visions for their own business. But how do they grow – maybe not into multinationals, but into sustainable enterprises which support them financially – when they are faced with what feel like insurmountable challenges?

 

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