'That is a huge warning light'Ms Forbes said:"Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and I know that thousands of firms are still struggling to recover from COVID, Brexit and Tory-inflicted inflation."Small businesses want to do the right thing, but we only make it harder by introducing overly complex schemes and proposing to ban advertising for key Scottish industries.
"Cairngorm Brewery is a fabulous local business in the national park that takes its responsibilities to the environment seriously. But its director is telling me that costs are really tight, and the DRS is likely to put jobs at risk. "If that kind of situation is being replicated across other parts of Scotland, and it almost certainly is, that is a huge warning light that parts of the scheme need to be reworked."Ms Forbes speaking to Sky News at the start of her campaign trailMs Forbes also highlighted Knoydart Brewery which is based on a remote peninsula near Mallaig within her own constituency.
She said:"You can only get there by ferry, and there is no reverse vending machine at all. To expect people to travel over half an hour by boat to recycle is clearly not workable. "So what I'm saying is that the implementation of DRS needs to be paused and sense-checked, and that's what I'll do if I'm elected as leader.
She is going against her own government’s policy. Weird.
More evidence that the Scotch truly are and have earned their reputation.
Getting right to the heart of the key issues….
UNIONBANK_NG you’re playing with fire oooo. You refuse to reply my messages and won’t refund my money. I will tag you everywhere
Cue bottle puns _KateForbes
What's 'controversial' about it? 🤔 It has worked in Denmark since 1942, and today 93 % of all bottles and cans sold are recycled.
What’s controversial about returning empty bottles?
Is this New Evidence that the Scotties are indeed, ..Penurious?
That’s all that sorted then
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