All this talk of economic crisis can be a little depressing, can’t it? And we offer all our sympathies to anyone in real difficulties.

But have you noticed how the media always prefer to focus on the bad-news side of things? The truth is that every cloud has a silver lining. So first-time house buyers are now finding it a little easier, for example. And here’s another major plus for Americans buying authentic Scottish goods from the UK…

Less than one year ago, the British currency was ridiculously over-valued, trading at over 2.10 US dollars to the UK pound. Well, recently it’s been falling rapidly, and as I write is trading at 1.55 dollars to the pound (£0.64 to $1). This means that all our prices are more than 25% cheaper in real terms than they were a few months ago!

Let me repeat that: all Scotweb’s prices are

the cost to American customers earlier this year!

So if that’s not something to smile about, I don’t know what is!!