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Small businesses lose out as plan to revamp George Square is dropped

As a former owner of a design agency in Scotland, I was shocked to hear the well-publicised plans to completely redesign George Square in Glasgow have been abruptly scrapped ("George Square plans axed", The Herald, January 22 & Letters, January 17, 18, 21 and 22).

At a time of austerity and hardship, for small businesses especially, this will come as a shock. How much time and how many resources have been put into the researching, planning, briefing of agencies, numerous meetings in the citadels of power at the City Chambers, not to mention a similar amount of effort and indeed cold, hard cash spent by the design agencies themselves in submitting their detailed proposals, for not a penny in return?

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