Mr Yousaf acknowledged that the leadership contest had made it clear that all was far from well in relations with business. Some of those whose job is to engage from the private sector will privately admit that the contest was an excellent opportunity to get a hearing.
Practical application, unintended consequences and simple workability are to be factors that civil servants and ministers will have to consider before their plans are put to the public.published by the Scottish government on Thursday does not sugar-coat the business perceptions. The business of lobbying government is usually couched in more diplomatic terms, so this suggests a high scunner factor and "what have we got to lose?"
One issue that clearly rankled in the bottle deposit scheme is that business already recycles almost all its glass, and there were suggestions the scheme being proposed by the Scottish government could reduce that level of recycling. The Scottish Chambers of Commerce suggested there should be a business grant from the Scottish government to pay the cost of applying its policy.The report from a sub-group on the wellbeing economy carried heavy scepticism about the concept.