Perth Citizens Advice Bureau launches online advice service amid rise in people seeking support
Garry Marshall, Yoana Slavcheva and Ted Coutts of Perth Citizens Advice Bureau.
Perth’s Citizen’s Advice Bureau has launched an online chat service this week to further help locals access information.
The webchat service – which launched on Monday – will allow users to access vital advice services.
It comes 74% of clients at the Bureau this year were new to using the service.
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Throughout the pandemic, more than 5,600 Perth and Kinross residents have turned to the Citizens Advice Bureau for support.
Most of the support was given by phone and email, and bosses say the webchat service creates a platform with “additional reach and convenience”.
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Fergus McCallum alongside wife Isara McCallum (right) and daughter Mia McCallum (left) in Rie-Achan Car Park, Rie-Achan Road, Pitlochry.
Plans for a restaurant in old train carriages could be rejected due to fears over a loss of parking.
Perth and Kinross Council planning officials have recommended that a proposal for the Thai restaurant in two 40-year-old British rail cars be rejected.
Pharmaceuticals executive Fergus McCalIum and his wife Isara aim to convert the two cars into a 60-seat restaurant, which will be based in a Pitlochry car park.
They have already had their two carriages, InterCity 125 coaches from Great Western Railway, repainted in their British Rail blue, however there are now concerns that the plan may go off the rails.