As David Harding of Bain, a consultancy, points out, consumer-goods firms find it hard to boost growth by letting go of older, slower-growing brands.

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They were joined by David Harding, former head of Environmental Art, Glasgow School of Art, Geoff Ellis, director of DF Concerts and Cllr Matheson.

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But David Harding-Price, from the Royal College of Nursing, said more staff were required to free up time to deal with patients rather spend it on bureaucracy.

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