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Graham Stewart with the stories and issues making the news in business.

Graham Stewart with the stories and issues making the news in business from Scotland, the UK and around the world.

The Business: 05/04/2009

05/04/2009

BBC Radio Scotland - The Business, 05/04/2009

Ten years on from the first farmers' market, Graham Stewart examines their success.

Presented by Graham Stewart.

Former chief executive of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks, John Wright, gives his views on financial reform and what it will take to restore Scotland's reputation as a financial centre. He also offers his thoughts on the $1.1 trillion package of measures announced by G20 leaders last week to tackle the financial crisis.

On the tenth anniversary of the first farmer's market in Scotland, we discuss how the sector has grown into a multi-million pound industry and what the future holds for food producers with Ken Rundell from the Scottish Agricultural College and farmer Jim Fairlie, who set up the very first market in Perth in 1999.

While Scotland may have a proud tradition of invention and innovation, there are concerns that businesses aren't so strong when it comes to closing the deal. With plans being drawn-up to create Scotland's first dedicated sales institute to tackle the problem, Gillian Sharpe reports on the importance of the 'big sell'.

And last year's winner of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Innovation Award, Colin Urquhart, tells us what it takes to clinch the prize.

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