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Article: Jack charts course for financial services ECONOMY: MCCONNELL'S INDUSTRY STRATEGY Politicians and FSI heading in same direction to promote better mobile technologies, travel links and raise profile of industry

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May 14, 2006
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IMPROVING mobile technologies to support Scotland's financial services is at the heart of a joint government-industry strategy for the financial services industry.

The Financial Services Advisory Board (Fisab) strategy, which will be unveiled tomorrow, will also include further moves to raise the profile of Scotland as a leading international financial services centre.

It will also seek to improve skills, encourage and support innovation and best practice and strengthen the competitiveness of the industry's Scottish supplier base.

First Minister Jack McConnell, who chairs the board, said:

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