SCOTTISH RETAILERS, RESTAURANTS, BARS AND SHOPS NEED TO ADOPT THE EURO.
SCOTLAND URGED TO OPEN FOR EURO BUSINESS IN 2009.
Willie Coffey, SNP MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun is encouraging
Scotland's retailers, restaurants, pubs and shops to look at accepting the
Euro for over-the-counter transactions during this year's Homecoming
celebrations.
Acceptance of the Euro is already commonplace in some parts of the UK
including Historic Scotland sites like Edinburgh Castle.
Speaking from his constituency Mr Coffey said:
"In 2009, with the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birth and the
Homecoming celebrations, Scotland will be the place to be for many
thousands of visitors.
"Homecoming year will be a fantastic opportunity for Scotland to welcome
the world. However, at present, few retail and tourist businesses accept
other currencies, with banking delays and extra charges among the reasons.
"To make life easier for our visitors, I would encourage retailers,
restaurants, shops and pubs to look at their arrangements for accepting
the Euro.
"Accepting payments in foreign currencies is already used by Historic
Scotland and common in the North of Ireland and London where customers
with Euro notes do not have to exchange them for sterling in order to
shop.
"To help Scotland's tourist sector to thrive and build our economy, the
bank could work with the retail and tourist sectors to help them improve
their capacity for trading in the Euro.
"The message that Scotland is open for Euro business would be warmly
received by visitors from Eurozone countries and by many others for whom
Scotland will be one stop in a wider European trip."
Scotland's retailers, restaurants, pubs and shops to look at accepting the
Euro for over-the-counter transactions during this year's Homecoming
celebrations.
Acceptance of the Euro is already commonplace in some parts of the UK
including Historic Scotland sites like Edinburgh Castle.
Speaking from his constituency Mr Coffey said:
"In 2009, with the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birth and the
Homecoming celebrations, Scotland will be the place to be for many
thousands of visitors.
"Homecoming year will be a fantastic opportunity for Scotland to welcome
the world. However, at present, few retail and tourist businesses accept
other currencies, with banking delays and extra charges among the reasons.
"To make life easier for our visitors, I would encourage retailers,
restaurants, shops and pubs to look at their arrangements for accepting
the Euro.
"Accepting payments in foreign currencies is already used by Historic
Scotland and common in the North of Ireland and London where customers
with Euro notes do not have to exchange them for sterling in order to
shop.
"To help Scotland's tourist sector to thrive and build our economy, the
bank could work with the retail and tourist sectors to help them improve
their capacity for trading in the Euro.
"The message that Scotland is open for Euro business would be warmly
received by visitors from Eurozone countries and by many others for whom
Scotland will be one stop in a wider European trip."
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