Sorry but more gloom i'm afraid
Daily RecordScottish HM Revenue and Customs staff face axeDec 4 2008
HUNDREDS of jobs are to be axed at HM Revenue and Customs offices across Scotland, staff were told today.
A total of 400 posts will be shed as part of a UK-wide shake-up in the way taxes are collected.
Union leaders and politicians condemned the move, saying it would be bad news for taxpayers and would lead to the loss of valuable skills and expertise.
The cuts will see 20 offices across the country shut, in places including Ayr, Greenock, Inverness and Wick.
There will be nine HMRC offices left north of the border after the job losses.
A phased shut-down will begin in 2010 and HMRC plans fully to vacate the buildings earmarked for closure before spring 2012.The jobs blow in Scotland is part of a plan across Britain to close more than 90 offices and axe 3,400 posts.
Redundancies at Herald & Times
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evening timesRedundancies at Herald & TimesTHE Herald and Times Group yesterday announced plans for a radical restructure to create a multi-media editorial operation.
As part of the plans, more than 230 journalists working on The Herald, Sunday Herald, and Evening Times were advised they face redundancy and have been invited to apply for new posts within the revised structure.
The titles' management said the changes were part of an ambitious plan to secure its digital future and weather the severe economic storm affecting the British media industry.
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BBCCouncil to cut 400 from workforceScotland's largest council is aiming to cut up to 400 jobs in the next year in a bid to save almost £23m.
Glasgow City Council said posts would go in social work and education, land and environmental services and the chief executive's department.
The authority stressed that there would be no compulsory redundancies.
Its directors of human resources and finance have held preliminary meetings with unions to discuss the plans which go before the full council in February.