Just a new labour saving technology for the distribution of goods.

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Local firms, such as Bharat Forge, have been shedding unskilled labour, investing in technology and building brands and distribution overseas.

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It takes six times as long to obtain construction permits in Russia as in Sweden and, despite cheaper labour and land, the cost of building a distribution centre is a third more expensive than in London, according to McKinsey.

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That may collide with attempts to change the Barnett formula, which controls the distribution of public money between the nations of the UK, and which many MPs and the eponymous former Labour Treasury Minister, Lord Barnett, argue gives too much money to Scotland.

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