Shop gives good advice

A WEST Lothian Council service has celebrated generating more than £30 million worth of income for local residents in the last year.

The annual report from the Advice Shop, in Bathgate, showed that in 2009/10 staff received more than 76,000 inquiries and helped customers deal with 12.2 million worth of debt.

Energy advisers also assisted customers to make savings of 797,000.