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Fed meets with Scottish election candidate Jeremy Balfour

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Senior members of the Federation of Independent Retailers (The Fed) in Scotland met with Jeremy Balfour, the former MSP for Lothian Region and a candidate for Edinburgh & Lothians East in the forthcoming May Scottish election, at Levenhall Village Store, Musselburgh, in East Lothian, on…

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