A bleak report (PDF download) from Prof. Donald JR MacRae of Lloyds TSB Scotland paints a depressing picture of the Scottish economy. I was surprised by the graphic above which suggests only 65% of Scottish service industry businesses have web sites. In this day and age? How do they expect to do business? Even more depressing were the graphics indicating levels of order input and cash collection achieved via the web:
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