Interest in kilts/Scottish things, should benefit Scotland, and UK

[Mathew MacKillop]

At the very least Scotland could come up with a Made In Scotland logo and mount an advertising campaign to make the public aware, and encourage shoppers to look for goods so marked.

Here in Quebec, we do similar things. I've noticed it particularly with cheese, and it has encouraged me to buy and try more local varieties than imported ones. So far as I can tell, those stickers placed on products produced locally have done a good job of informing those who would otherwise just buy whatever was cheep and plentiful. I would love to see this sort of thing implemented in Scotland so as to help both tourists and uninformed locals as to exactly where there money is going!