News releases

Graeme Millar, chairman of the SCC said: "The privatisation of the directory inquiry service has given consumers more choice but at the price of much greater confusion. Consumers need to be provided with clear, comparative cost information between the different services so they know which service to use and how much it will cost them. There needs to be much greater transparancy than exists at the moment." - 29/03/06

SCC welcomes Ofcom's first steps in tackling junk food advertising to children

The SCC today welcomed the publication of Ofcom’s proposals to restrict the television advertising of food and drink products to children as heralding a welcome new change of regulatory direction that takes account of public health concerns.
March 2006

Threat to Public Call Boxes

              97KB October 2005

The Scottish Consumer Council has issued a warning about proposals that could lead to the removal of public phone boxes from many parts of the country.

Scots not plugging into internet access, says SCC
106KB June 2005

Large numbers of Scots who cannot afford Internet access at home have little idea of how to make use of publicly available Internet access points. “Public Internet access is not plugging the gap in the Digital Divide,” says the Scottish Consumer Council's new report Freedom of Access. It means they cannot take advantage of the wealth of information on the Internet or benefit from cheaper goods and services that the Internet can provide.

Greater Scottish control sought over BBC news
A survey carried out on behalf of the Scottish Consumer Council (SCC) has found that many Scots are unhappy with BBC News produced from London. A majority would like to see the BBC produce a Six O'clock news programme from Scotland that covers Scottish, UK and international news.
38KB March 2004