These are the qualities which have brought opportunity and business to Dundee. They are also the qualities which have brought me here because opportunity and business are at the heart of New Deal for Young People - so successfully launched on Tayside as one of the national pathfinders in January. And the New Deal is also about partnerships with business. Without business involvement, there is no New Deal opportunity for young people. And business commitment and skills of the young people it recruits.
Business provides opportunity for young people.
And business benefits from the commitment and skills of the young people it recruits. That is a genuine partnership. The benefits of that partnership are very obvious talking to the young people here today. Since the New Deal started on Tayside in January, over three hundred young people have had their lives transformed by finding jobs. That is a tribute to the efforts of the Employment Service and its local partners.