Tag: Consumer Focus Scotland

Cup final tickets being touted for five times the asking price

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 24, 2012

TOUTS are selling tickets to the Scottish Cup final for five times the asking price. Hibs and Hearts are warning their fans not to buy...

Scots councils spend £1 million per year on bottled water

Deadline News Journalist - July 23, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie SCOTLAND’S local authorities are pouring £1 million a year down the drain buying in bottled water rather than using supplies from taps. Council...

A penny overdrawn leaves student £48 in the red

Deadline News Journalist - June 24, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A STUDENT has been hit with a £48 bank charge for slipping into her overdraft – by A PENNY. Cash-strapped Julia Turner thought...

Thousands of letters missing at Edinburgh depot

Deadline News Journalist - June 22, 2009

By Cara Sulieman MANAGERS at a Royal Mail centre are facing disciplinary action after thousands of undelivered letters were found dumped in a trailer on...