Improving services for our customers

The hours that telephone enquiries can be made to Customer Services have now been extended. The Customer Services team will be available by calling 0300 100 1800 from 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday, late until 8pm on Thursdays and from 9am to 12noon on Saturday mornings.

You can also now pay your Council Tax by Direct Debit on the first, fifth, the 15th and the 25th of the month.

Forward-thinking council helps establish new postal service

The Newtown St Boswells Post Office is to be relocated within Scottish Borders Council headquarters, making it the first in Scotland to be run from a local authority building.

SBC supports Earth Hour

Scottish Borders Council is supporting Earth Hour, by encouraging people to turn off their lights for one hour on Saturday 27 March at 8.30pm. Council officers in Newtown St Boswells will turn off lights, where feasible, for one hour on 26 March at 11am.  For further information on Earth Hour visit the Earth Hour website.

• Scottish Borders takes the Kitchen Canny Challenge - Tuesday, Mar 9 2010
  ‘Kitchen Canny’ is a new project run in partnership with Changeworks, to provide practical, fun exercises for the whole household to get involved in to help cut waste and save costs.
• Roadshow aims to raise awareness of adult and child protection - Tuesday, Mar 9 2010
  A second community roadshow as part of a campaign to raise public awareness of adult and child protection takes place at Almondvale Shopping Centre in Livingston this week (Monday 8 to Sunday 14 March 2010).
• Council Leader Officially Opens Unique Post Office In The Borders - Monday, Mar 8 2010
  David Parker, the Scottish Borders Council Leader, officially opened the Newtown St Boswells post office service on Monday March 8 2010.
• Funding boost for local youth projects - Monday, Mar 8 2010
  A total of 39 local youth-led projects have been awarded grants worth more than £60,000 by the local grant-giving panel, Youth Chex.

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