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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: 17/05/2009

17/05/2009

BBC Radio Scotland - The Business, 17/05/2009

Jim Walker of Walkers Shortbread on the importance of keeping it in the family.

Jim Walker of Walkers Shortbread talks about the importance of keeping it in the family.

Presented by Graham Stewart.

With reports this weekend that reports that Sir Victor Blank, chairman of LLoyds Banking Group, is to step down, BBC Scotland's business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser, gives us the background.

Jim Walker, joint managing director of Walkers Shortbread, tells us how he balances family tradition with evolving a worldwide business.

In the week that the jobless figure jumped to 2.2 million, what can employers do to avoid job cuts? We get the thoughts of Raymond O'Hare, director of Microsoft Scotland and regional chairman of the Institute of Directors in Scotland.

And Gillian Sharpe reports on an initiative to help rural businesses.

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