Spending by two public enterprise agencies has fallen in the last six years, according to Audit Scotland. The spending watchdog said the resources of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) were possibly being spread too thinly. It also said that despite spending cuts since 2008-09 there had been "little change" in the agencies' work. The Scottish government said it would consider recommendations made in the report. Audit Scotland said that by failing to change the way they worked, Scotland's two enterprise bodies were at risk of spreading resources "over too broad a range of activities". It added that "this might not be the...
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