A SPANISH firm that promised to create 180 jobs in Scotland, and was allocated £1.5 million of public money to locate here less than a year ago, has been making staff redundant.
A SPANISH firm that promised to create 180 jobs in Scotland, and was allocated £1.5 million of public money to locate here less than a year ago, has been making staff redundant.
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Greig Cameron deputy business editor
Wind turbine maker Gamesa has let about half a dozen employees go from the offshore wind technology centre it opened in August.
Backed by a regional selective assistance (RSA) grant from Scottish Enterprise, Gamesa launched the £12.5m site at Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, with 40 staff and hoped to have 100 people in place by the end of 2011. Since then it has also committed to a £125m wind turbine manufacturing facility in Leith, which was slated to create 800 jobs and was described as a "validation" of the Scottish Government's focus on renewable energy by First Minister Alex Salmond.
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