Cross Party Group on the Scottish Economy

The Cross Party Group on the Scottish Economy is a veritable hive of lobbying and corporate activity.

Conflicts of interest

The Group is subsidised by HBOS as follows:

Financial Benefits: The Cross-Party Group on the Scottish Economy has been offered administrative support by HBOS to help organise and administer the work of the Group. The offer is in the form of a secondment of a member of the HBOS staff, who will work two days per week. The value of this work is £11,365 per annum (as at March 2006). The secondment is for three years ending in 2007.[1]

The secondee acts as Secretary and Treasurer: Barry Gardner - HBOS

Non-MSP members

• David Banks - Scottish Enterprise
• Emma Beeby - MSP staff
• Judith Begg - Ethical Enterprise
• Stephen Boyd - Scottish Trades Union Congress
• Chic Brodie - Caledonia Strategy
• Patrick Browne - Scottish Beer and Pub Association
• Ross Burnside - SPICe
• Kevin Coe - University of Abertay
• Ellen Collingsworth - Edinburgh Convention Bureau
• Graeme Cook - Scottish Parliament
• Steven Craven - Continental Airlines
• Margaret Cuthbert
• Jim Cuthbert
• Graeme Dear - Marine Harvest
• Jim Dewar - SPICe
• Iain Duff - Scottish Council for Development & Industry
• John Edward - European Parliament
• Lynda Gauld - Pfizer
• Claire Gill - MSP staff
• Richard Grant - BP
• Mark Hallan - Scottish Enterprise
• Michael Haseler
• Stephen Herbert - SPICe
• Allan Hogarth - Media House
• Donald Jarvie - Futures Forum
• Jim Lee - Co-operation and Mutuality Scotland
• Liz Lloyd - MSP staff
• Stephen McCabe - MSP staff
• David McCrone - Edinburgh University
• Linda McDowall - Scottish Enterprise
• Julia McIntyre - MSP staff
• Flora McLean - Scottish Food and Drink Federation
• Jonathan Milne - ICAS
• Alan Mitchell - CBI Scotland
• Ben Murray - MSP staff
• Jude Payne - SPICe
• Marco Pisano - Scottish Council Foundation
• Lynne Raeside - Visit Scotland
• Kirsty Regan - News Direct
• Stuart Riddell ACCA
• Malcolm Robertson - BAA
• Alastair Ross - McGrigors
• Tania Smith - MSP staff
• Nicola Stewart - MSP staff
• Niall Stuart - FSB
• James Taggart
• Jenny Taggart
• Martin Togneri - Scottish Enterprise
• Simon Wakefield - Scottish Parliament
• Marie Wilmott
• Alan Wilson - Scottish Council for Development & Industry
• Alastair Wilson - Scottish Enterprise
• John Wilson - Scottish Low Pay Unit
• Tony King - Scottish Parliament
• Kate Yuill - Aberdeen City Council
• Kyla Brand - Office of Fair Trading
• Robert Sullivan
• Michael Veitch - MSP staff

Organisations

• ABPI Scotland - Jim Eadie, Louise Berend
• BIA Scotland - Dr Sarah Goulding
• GlaxoSmithKline - Alison Culpin
• Holyrood magazine - Rachel Hamada
• Hudson - Marcella Boyle
• ITI Scotland - Fiona Callison
• NFU Scotland
• Royal Mail Group plc - Ian McKay
• Scottish Association of Further Education Colleges - Jane Polglase
• Scottish Chambers of Commerce - Liz Cameron & Garry Clark
• Scottish Retail Consortium - Elinor Jayne, Fiona Moriarty
• Scottish Water - Martin Reilly
• Select - David Wright
• The Scotch Whisky Association - David Williamson, Campbell Evans