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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: 21/03/2010

21/03/2010

BBC Radio Scotland - The Business, 21/03/2010

Graham Stewart asks whether private sector efficiency can maintain the public sector?

Graham Stewart asks his guests whether private sector efficiency can maintain the public sector in the context of looming budget cuts?

With budget cuts looming, can private sector methods be used to maintain the public sector? Graham Stewart discusses the issues behind the public finances with Jon Armstrong, managing director of management consultancy "Simpler"; Paula Speirs, a director of the government team at Ernst and Young; and Peter Hughes, chief executive of Scottish Engineering.

And our business correspondent Hayley Millar speaks to Victoria Stapleton, owner of the upmarket clothing business Brora and the only Scottish finalist in the prestigious 'Veurve Cliquot Businesswoman of the Year' finals.

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