N-56 is an independent Scottish business pressure group established by Dan Macdonald in 2014. N-56 aims to provide a new locus for Scotland's business community to work with

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

and others to ensure Scotland attains a position among the top five advanced economies in the world. N-56 derives its name from Scotland's coordinates. The World Atlas

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coordinates of

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

are 56.49067119999999 N, 4.2026458000000275 W. N-56 launched its main analysis report, ''Scotland Means Business'', in June 2014. The report was published as two documents: ''the FACTS'' and ''the STRATEGY.' ''It was prepared over 15 months by a research team that included BiGGAR ECONOMICS, Tulloch Energy, Capital Economics, Landfall Strategy Group and Damvad. Throughout 2014 N-56 will launch a series of sector-specific reports examining the

Scottish economy The economy of Scotland is an Open economy, open mixed economy which, in 2020, had an estimated nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $205 billion including oil and gas extraction in Scottish waters. Since the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland's ...

and its future direction in the areas of

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financial services Financial services are the Service (economics), economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money, including credit unions, banks, credit-card companies, insurance companies, acco ...

and

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and

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* Political advocacy groups in Scotland 2014 Scottish independence referendum 2014 establishments in Scotland Organizations established in 2014 {{Scotland-poli-stub