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Credit Crisis

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Student finance: some cause for concern »

Adam Ramsay

Student finance in the UK is built on four planks: commercial credit, part time work, parental funding, and government support. The first three are beginning to crack. Commercial loans should never have been a key part of our student funding model. Pe...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 by Adam Ramsay | Read more »

Post-Christmas sales provide some New Year cheer for High Street retailers »

Princes Street

Amid the current economic difficulties, major retail stores and shopping centers in Edinburgh have received some post-Christmas cheer, with record-breaking sales. The St James Centre, the largest shopping centre in Edinburgh, recorded customer numbers...

Thu 22 Jan 2009 by Abi Buglass | Read more »

Escape from the City »

When Scotland’s oldest bank fell to pieces last month, Alex Salmond had no hesitation in casting the blame. As shares in HBOS plummeted, Salmond launched a scathing attack on the “bunch of short selling spivs and speculators” that s...

Thu 02 Oct 2008 by Biraj Parmar | Read more »

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