An economy is a complex system of interrelated production, consumption, and exchange activities, which ultimately determine how resources are allocated among participants. The production, consumption, and distribution of goods and services combine to fulfill the needs of those living and operating within ...
A CCJ is a court order that can be registered against you if you fail torepay your debts, and you live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. In Scotland, the process is known as enforcing a debt by diligence. If you’ve received a CCJ by post, you may well be wondering what your...
Over the centuries, singing Auld Lang Syne onNew Year’s Evebecame a Scottish tradition. And then from Scotland, it slowly spread to other parts of the British Isles. Then as people from the United Kingdom emigrated around the world, they took the New Year’s Eve song and it’s traditio...
The game of soccer is built around the main scoring action, which is to score goals. Teams move the soccer ball up and down the soccer field in an attempt to kick it within the opponent’s goal, a framework that measures 8 feet in height and 24 feet in width at the professional level...
Yes. In May 2015, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Barclays, UBS, and Royal Bank of Scotland pleaded guilty to criminal charges. Several individuals were also charged. In November 2015, a judge sentenced two former Rabobank employees to one to two years in prison.3 ...
Pictured below is a traditional Hallows' Eve Ceremony. History of All Saints Day In the early years when the Roman Empire persecuted Christians, so many martyrs died for their faith that the Church set aside special days to honor them. For example, in 607, Emperor Phocas presented the beauti...
In 2018/19, public spending per person in the UK as a whole was £9,584. In England, it was £9,296 (3% below the UK average). This compares with: Scotland: £11,247 (17% above the UK average) Wales: £10,656 (11% above the UK average) Northern Ireland £11,590 (...
Donna Kean, a researcher from Glasgow,Scotland who has been working with rats for years. Kean explained why she and her colleagues at the nonprofit AP0P0 train rats instead of dogs. “The rats have a comparable sense of smell and they’re just as trainable as dogs.” she said. “Their...
Most people go through life perfectly happy in the knowledge that the real earth looks like it does on a standard Mercator projection map. Cartographers, map nerds and those that have seen this scene from the West Wing know that this is not really the case. Wikipedia sums up why map ...
This is precisely what Scotland has done. In 2020, the Children (Scotland) Act was amended to remove a presumption that a child aged 12 or over was considered mature enough to provide their views to the Court. The Act now requires that ‘a child is to be presumed to be capable of ...