article_snippet.sent: Scottish drinkers are so cautious of the country's new drink-driving limits bar sales have plummeted by 60 per cent - a reduction in spending
article_snippet.sent: And the effect of the drop in sales is so severe, the drop in sales is being blamed for a poor result in the country's latest Bank of Scotland PMI report.
article_snippet.sent: Scotland's tough new drink driving law is being blamed for stalling the country's financial growth .
article_snippet.sent: Donald MacRae, chief economist at Bank of Scotland, said: 'Manufacturing exporters have been affected by the falling euro while services businesses in hospitality are seeing a changing pattern of spending resulting from the lowered alcohol limit while driving.'
article_snippet.sent: the country's latest Bank of Scotland PMI report follows a February study which revealed the country's bar sales had dropped by 60 per cent when the new limit was introduced.
highlights_snippet.sent: Scotland's strict new drink-driving law sees bar sales drop by 60 per cent .
  