He said he was be confident that in the years ahead recognition of the holiday would grow and St Andrew's day would become an additional holiday.
"Bank holidays are well established in this country and any move to introduce an additional holiday would need to balance the benefits it would bring to some individuals and businesses against the cost and disruption it would involve for others, " the BERR spokesman said.
April 2011 saw an additional bank holiday granted to coincide with the royal wedding.
He said the government had agreed to grant an additional bank holiday on Tuesday 5 June to provide a focal point for the celebrations.
The government has designated Tuesday, 5 June, an additional bank holiday and moved the late May holiday to 4 June to enable a four-day weekend of events.
Dr Peter Williams, chairman of analysts Acadametrics, said the number of transactions in June was "below expectations" and was partly due to the additional bank holiday and high level of rainfall.
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While the additional daylong holiday came during a month when manufacturing activity fell, economists say it isn't clear if the downturn was a result of having one fewer work day that June.
The September output figure was flattered by the value of Olympic ticket sales, while the additional bank holiday for the Royal Wedding also reduced output in the comparable period a year ago, the NIESR said.
Mr Canavan originally wanted 30 November to be declared an additional full public holiday however instead MSPs unaunimously agreed to make it a voluntary public holiday.
We also spoke with Ken Wong who provided us with additional insights into the holiday.
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Data Sense will roll out to select mobile operators this holiday and additional partners next year.
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Also, the Christmas holiday often provides retailers with additional sales and travel-related opportunities.
Not only is the traditional suckling pig, generally served in times of celebration, available on many menus, but many additional dishes with special meaning highlight these holiday menus such as noodles which symbolize longevity, sweet rice dumplings symbolic of family unity, and shrimp which represents happiness.
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If you pay your credit card bill completely each month and do not carry a balance, then you might actually earn some additional cash by using your credit card for holiday shopping.
Churchill, which employs the cleaners, had earlier said that the offer the company had made to workers, which amounts to additional training and an extra day's holiday per year in place of a pay rise, was "generous".
An additional reason for close scrutiny was the likely effect of holiday sales results on a potential bid by Richard Schulze to take the company private.
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While the DVD is more suited to a new player or someone new to Kaijudo completely, there are additional benefits on top of a modest price that make it a solid holiday pickup.
Opponents of cash repatriation say that the last time Congress declared a tax holiday, companies held on to the cash, and created few additional U.S. jobs.
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The second way a payroll tax holiday is supposed to stimulate the economy is by making labor less expensive to hire, thus leading to additional hiring, more output, and increased incomes.
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