Tag: credit crunch

Charities feeling the pinch

Deadline News Journalist - July 6, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE VOLUNTARY groups are feeling the full force of the credit crunch with Scots deciding that charity has to start at home. Traditionally middle-aged...

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...

Scots college to train the bankers of the future

Deadline News Journalist - June 23, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond A TOP Scots university has unveiled a new Masters degree course – aimed at ensuring the nation’s banks are properly managed in...

Jim Murphy MP helps out with Hibs pre-season preparations

Deadline News Journalist - June 18, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond SECRETARY of State for Scotland Jim Murphy MP lent a hand with Hibs' pre-season preparations yesterday. The MP for East Renfrewshire helped to...

Tatties industry tempting for skint students

Deadline News Journalist - May 31, 2009

By Rory Reynolds CASH-STRAPPED students are being offered thousands of pounds to work on farms this summer amid fears that a manpower shortage could threaten...

Scots firms fighting £155million tax debt

Deadline News Journalist - May 26, 2009

By Michael MacLeod STRUGGLING Scots businesses now owe the taxman a staggering £155million in overdue payments. And to stop more of them going under tax chiefs...

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