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Covid-19 Scams – Protecting Your Information, Your Finances, and Your Family

Covid-19 Scams – Protecting Your Information, Your Finances, and Your Family

18 Sep 2020
Scammers are continually finding more inventive ways of obtaining our personal information and are more convincing than ever, when reassuring us that they are contacting us from trusted, reputable sou...
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COVID-19 & Faulty Goods: Know Your Rights

COVID-19 & Faulty Goods: Know Your Rights

1 Sep 2020
Throughout the public health crisis and resulting lockdown restrictions, consumeradvice.scot has received a significant increase in the number of cases relating to faulty goods and safety concerns.

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Travel Restriction Changes (Spain & Luxembourg) – What You Need to Know

Travel Restriction Changes (Spain & Luxembourg) – What You Need to Know

27 Jul 2020
Both the Scottish and UK governments have been advising against all but essential travel since March. However, this advice has been lifted for certain destinations that ''no longer pose an unacceptabl...
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Travel Insurance: Ensuring You Have Adequate Cover During COVID-19

Travel Insurance: Ensuring You Have Adequate Cover During COVID-19

27 Jul 2020
Changes to travel insurance policies during the pandemic have already proven problematic for many consumers, with some insurance providers refusing to payout in the event of cancelled holidays.
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Counterfeit PPE & Testing Kits

Counterfeit PPE & Testing Kits

24 Jul 2020
Throughout the entirety of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been individuals exploiting fear and uncertainty in order to make profit. This has been evident through advertisements of counterfeit pe...
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Counting the Cost of the Illegal Puppy Trade

Counting the Cost of the Illegal Puppy Trade

23 Jul 2020
The illegal trading of puppies is a practice which not only proves incredibly damaging to the animals involved, but can also severely impact consumers, carrying a significant financial and emotional t...
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Test & Protect Scams

Test & Protect Scams

21 Jul 2020
Criminal gangs continue to exploit public fears with new and more sophisticated scams, regularly conning vulnerable citizens out of money. UK consumers lose billions of pounds each year as a result of...
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Advice Direct Scotland Lockdown Survation Poll

Advice Direct Scotland Lockdown Survation Poll

3 Jul 2020
Advice Direct Scotland has conducted a nationwide Survation Poll assessing public opinion on a number of issues which have compounded by the public health crisis, including employment and travel. In l...
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consumeradvice.scot Join Partnership to #ShutOutScammers

consumeradvice.scot Join Partnership to #ShutOutScammers

15 Jun 2020
consumeradvice.scot is working in collaboration with partners at Trading Standards Scotland, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue and Neighbourhood Watch Scotland, to raise awareness of doorstep ...
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Caledonian Travel / Shearings Holidays Administration

Caledonian Travel / Shearings Holidays Administration

28 May 2020
Hotel and travel company Specialist Leisure Group has entered administration, leading to the cancellation of 64,000 bookings across the UK.
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David Urquhart Tours Winds Up Coach Tour & Hotel Business: Consumer Rights & Information for Employees

David Urquhart Tours Winds Up Coach Tour & Hotel Business: Consumer Rights & Information for Employees

15 May 2020
David Urquhart Travel have announced that they will be winding up their coach tour and hotel operations due to the current uncertainty of when operations will return to normal after the coronavirus ou...
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Season Tickets, Subscriptions & Memberships – Consumer Rights Under COVID-19 Restrictions

Season Tickets, Subscriptions & Memberships – Consumer Rights Under COVID-19 Restrictions

6 May 2020
COVID-19 has drastically altered how consumers access and enjoy entertainment. Previously, we had access to many external sources of entertainment, including different ways of paying for them. However...
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