SMITH AND CAMPBELL DISCUSS PAPER MILL PROSPECTS WITH SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

5.20.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Mon 28th Jul 2008

North East Fife MSP Iain Smith and MP Sir Menzies Campbell today (Monday) met John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary fro Finance and Sustainable Growth, in Edinburgh to discuss the future of Curtis Fine Papers after last week's announcement that the company was in administration.

In a joint statement after the meeting the Parliamentarians said, "We had a constructive meeting with the Cabinet Secretary and his officials. We emphasised our belief that everything should be done to try and preserve the business, and in particular that the Scottish government and Scottish Enterprise should use all their contacts to try to identify potential buyers or investors. We were encouraged by the Cabinet Secretary's response that he shared that ambition.

"We have arranged to meet the administrators tomorrow (Tuesday) when we will again emphasise the importance of keeping the business going."

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