We need to embrace the technical revolution

When travelling to England for a holiday recently, we stopped at a service station off the M74.

In the restaurant, the single seats all had not one but two power points so people could recharge both a phone and laptop at the same time. This was a surprise to me as I had not realised the speed of the technical revolution.

Meeting these fast evolving customer needs is important for Cal Mac, West Coast Motors and other travel firms. But delivering technology is also important for Oban B&Bs to help tourists stay connected. Hopefully, Holyrood will also begin to roll out ultrafast broadband at affordable prices to help local businesses.

As well as the technology, we need more and better trained IT people. Scotland in general, and Argyll in particular, is short of thousands of highly skilled people. This requires Holyrood to invest what is termed ‘patient capital’, the longterm money to help business and increase the country and county’s wealth. It would also bring millions of pounds extra in taxes and council tax for our public sector. Mike Foster,

Sannox, Crannaig a Mhinister, Oban.