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Caithness Citizen Advice Bureau (Wick)

www.cas.org.uk/bureaux/caithness-citizens-advice-bureau

Photograph of Caithness Citizen Advice Bureau (Wick)Offering free confidential & impartial advice & information to the community.

Telephone
01955 605989

Fax
01955 605989

Postal Address
Caithness Citizen Advice Bureau (Wick)
123 High Street
Wick
Caithness
KW1 4LR



Opening Hours

Sunday :
Closed
Monday :
10:00am - 2:00pm
Tuesday :
10:00am - 2:00pm
Wednesday :
10:00am - 2:00pm
Thursday :
10:00am - 2:00pm
Friday :
Closed
Saturday :
Closed


News for Caithness Citizen Advice Bureau (Wick)

Advice On Household Finances - Online Support For People Facing Financial DifficultiesThumbnail for article : Advice On Household Finances - Online Support For People Facing Financial Difficulties
Households experiencing financial difficulties are being offered greater support to help their recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.   The Money Support Scotland website, funded by the Scottish Government, will point users to a range of organisations committed to promoting the take up of social security benefits, free debt advice and access to affordable credit.  
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A summary of evidence gathered by the Citizens Advice network in Scotland about their work.   In total, Citizens Advice Bureaux assisted nearly 262,000 clients with almost 766,000 issues during 2017-18.  
Watch out for fake job offers online
As part of Scam Awareness Month, Caithness Citizens Advice Bureau and Highland Council Trading Standards want to alert young job seekers about the potential pitfalls when applying for jobs or signing up to recruitment agencies online.   Glenys Brown, Trading Standards Officer, based in Inverness explains, "Unfortunately, nationally, there has been a sharp rise in the number of online job hunting scams and the age group most likely to be targeted with fake job offers are young adults aged between 18 to 24 years".  
Remote Delivery Costs - Small Business Survey
For the past three years the Scottish CAB Service has been campaigning against unfair delivery charges for online deliveries.  Citizens Advice Scotland’s report ‘The Postcode Penalty’ analysed over 3,000 customer complaints and over 500 online companies, uncovering a ‘postcode penalty’ that sees some Scots having to pay an average of nearly £19 extra when buying goods online.  
The Impact Of Welfare Reform In Highland
This report was produced by Citizens Advice Bureaux in Highland Introduction In 2011/12 Highland bureaux advised clients on 24166 new benefit issues, on-going clients returning for further advice were further advised on 21303 repeat benefit issues.  The bureau therefore dealt with 45469 benefit issues, 125 issues for every day of the year.  

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