Prices rising faster in Scotland

Sep 3 2008

Figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium revealed shop prices were 4.3% higher in August this year compared with the same month in 2007.

Despite the rise, the SCR said the cost of bread, milk and other goods in Scotland was still lower than in Britain as a whole, because of earlier price falls.

Fiona Moriarty, director of the SCR said: "Although shop prices are rising faster in Scotland that doesn't mean Scottish prices are higher than in the rest of the UK.