Tag: tax

BBC's Big Bill for Compensation hits £1million

Deadline News Journalist - June 13, 2010

By Michael MacLeod MICROPHONES dropped down toilets and tarmac damage caused by Top Gear are among £1million of insurance claims paid by the BBC in...

Council blunder plunges residents into the red

Deadline News Journalist - February 1, 2010

By Cara Sulieman A COUNCIL cock-up left many residents out of pocket when their tax payment was taken out of their bank account two days...

Residents use Facebook to start grit campaign

Deadline News Journalist - January 6, 2010

By Cara Sulieman SCOTS fed up with treacherous road conditions are taking to the internet to vent their anger. Hundreds of Facebook groups have been set...

Son knifed dad after council tax bill row

Deadline News Journalist - November 17, 2009

By Andrea McCallum A SON slashed his frail dad on the neck with a knife after an argument over a council tax bill. Charles Drummond, 50,...

Bailed-out RBS offer free coffee and cash to Americans

Deadline News Journalist - November 8, 2009

By Michael MacLeod ROYAL Bank of Scotland is dishing out free dollars and drinks at Dunkin Donuts to its American customers – while going...

Paintball fraudster got tax cash helping hand

Deadline News Journalist - September 27, 2009

By Michael MacLeod SCOTTISH Enterprise has come under fire for dishing out £30,000 to help a Scots paintball company run by a convicted fraudster. Edinburgh-based Bedlam...

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