Thursday, 28 October 2021

Borders council on 'toxic' loans database

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EXCLUSIVE by DOUGLAS SHEPHERD Local authorities with high-risk LOBO loans are being urged to reschedule their debts to save billions of pou...
Tuesday, 26 October 2021

Alcohol related harm cost Borders £30 million a year

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by EWAN LAMB Alcohol related attendances at Borders General Hospital's emergency department [ED] plummeted by almost 50 per cent in 2020...
Saturday, 23 October 2021

Bankrupt Avocet boss has "less than £100,000"

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by LESTER CROSS Bankrupt businessman Martin Frost has told a Sunday newspaper he has potential liabilities running into many millions of pou...
Thursday, 21 October 2021

Council assets register and Common Good funds

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 by LESTER CROSS An unspecified number of operational buildings 'owned' by Scottish Borders Council but which occupy Common Good lan...
Tuesday, 19 October 2021

Avocet company secretary's "startling" claims

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EXCLUSIVE by OUR BUSINESS STAFF Statements coming from the Avocet Group's company secretary while multiple attempts were being made to ...
Monday, 18 October 2021

Avocet chairman declared bankrupt by judge

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SPECIAL FEATURE by OUR BUSINESS STAFF The promise of a £6.6 million windfall from the sale of 'air to jet fuel' patents to the stat...
Sunday, 17 October 2021

Borders mental health charity 'implodes' into bankruptcy

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by DOUG COLLIE An organisation which has helped hundreds of individuals with mental health issues in the Scottish Borders over more than 25 ...