Business start ups

A bit of good news today with an increase in business start-ups in Scotland in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same time last year. According to the Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers the number of start ups between January and March was 4352 compared to 4166 last year. Although its not a dramatic increase it does show there is an appetite to set up businesses in Scotland. The recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor showed how Scotland was slipping badly behind the rest of the UK and other countries in start ups and made depressing reading. But at least we are seeing a pretty substantial number of start-ups and I suspect that will increase as people who have been made redundant decide to take the plunge.