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MSP RECEIVES ASSURANCES FROM TESCO - “WE HAVE NO PLANS FOR A HAWICK TESCO”

May 8, 2008 12:00 AM

Jim Hume, MSP for the South of Scotland, has today received assurances from a senior Tesco representative that the company has no immediate plans to locate a store near Hawick.

Jim Hume said:

"The issue was brought to me by several individual constituents and through my local shop survey.

"Essentially people were concerned from the outset that such a large retail development would have detrimental effects on the local economy and in particular high street traders or small businesses unable to compete with Tesco.

The MSP continued:

"I secured a future meeting with a senior Tesco representative to discuss the matter face to face, but after a telephone discussion with him today it seems that Tesco 'has no plans to locate a store near Hawick'.

"I think that this news will be welcomed by many."

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