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St Andrews adopts new “local currency”

A SCOTTISH town is thought to be the first in the country to introduce its own “local currency”. St Andrews is Fife is set to...

Councils spend more on paper despite expensive iPads

TWO Scottish councils who lavished their top bosses with brand new iPads have failed to cut down on printing costs as planned. Local authorities in...

Madonna fails to sell tickets for first ever Scottish show

By Sam Whyte   TICKETS for Madonna’s concert at Murrayfield on Saturday are selling for less than face value on eBay – or not at all. Despite...

Two thirds think banks should be forced to offer cheque books

THE majority of British consumers want to retain the cheque as a method of payment, according to new research. Two thirds (66%) of consumers believe...

Bank staff save frail pensioner from con

VIGILANT bank staff saved an 82-year-old man from being conned out of his life savings. The frail pensioner had gone into a branch of the...

Scotsman given record £7.5million salary

By Alessandro Brunelli   MICHAEL Loggie, the director of Aberdeen-based Saltire Energy, has become the highest paid Scotsman in history. It is believed that the salary of...

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