Tag: jobs

500 jobs to go at Edinburgh-based Standard Life

Christine Lavelle - September 1, 2010

By Amanda MacMillan EDINBURGH-based insurance and pensions group Standard Life are to axe nearly 500 jobs. Over the next 15 months the company...

City of Edinburgh Council reveal cash saving jobs cull plan

Shaun Milne - August 18, 2010

By Shaun Milne COUNCIL chiefs in Edinburgh have drawn up plans to axe at least 300 jobs as part of a £16m cost-saving plan. City of...

Call for radical merger of Scotland's fire services

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Deadline News Journalist - August 10, 2010

By Oliver Farrimond SCOTLAND’S newest fire chief claims a merger of the country’s fire and rescue services is “inevitable”. Jimmy Campbell, who took up his post...

University’s wine cooler purchase branded a “disgrace”

Deadline News Journalist - May 16, 2010

By Michael MacLeod BOSSES of one of Scotland’s biggest universities have splashed out £5,000 on wine cabinets, despite looming job cuts. Strathclyde University said it needed...

Government job scheme under fire

Deadline News Journalist - March 28, 2010

By Cara Sulieman THE GOVERNMENT has come under fire for only handing out employment funding to TWO Scottish firms. The job creation fund has splashed £30...