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Tag: credit crunch

Charities feeling the pinch

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

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

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

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

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

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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