Salmond sees green chance

FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has announced Edinburgh is to host a two-day conference on green finance later this year.

The Scottish Low Carbon Investment conference in September follows the success of last year's inaugural event, which was attended by around 550 delegates.

Mr Salmond said as many as 95,000 potential job opportunities had been identified.

He said: "The economic opportunity is clear, with the value of the sector in Scotland estimated to hit 3.2 billion."