Most Scottish businesses “don't want to have the conversation” about Scottish independence, according to the director general of the CBI.
Tony Danker said most Scottish businesses he spoke to were “not convinced the notion this is the right time to be having this debate”.
In an interview with The Herald newspaper he added: “I think that would be the most diplomatic way to put it.”
He also said: “The Scottish businesses I have spoken to are either not really thinking about it, or don't want to think about it because they are so focused on getting the economy moving again.
“I think most of the Scottish businesses I am speaking to are not convinced of the notion that this is the right time to be having this debate... they don't want to have the conversation; I don't think it is the politics per se.”
Danker added: “To be distracted by the independence question I think would be a completely missed opportunity for Scotland; this is the time we should be taking about recovery.
“It is also the time, whether we like it or not... that investment is being made for the next decade, it is in nobody's interests to get in the way of that potential momentum.”
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