THOUSANDS of posts are expected to be axed from financial services companies in the first three months of this year even though firms are complaining that a dearth of staff in high-demand roles is limiting the business they can do.
THOUSANDS of posts are expected to be axed from financial services companies in the first three months of this year even though firms are complaining that a dearth of staff in high-demand roles is limiting the business they can do.
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Tim Sharp City Editor
There was warning that Scottish firms face a challenging economic landscape.
The research found this was the third quarter in a row that employee numbers fell, with another 18,000 positions expected to go in the first three months of 2013. This means that some 132,000 posts will have disappeared from the industry, which employed more than 1.1 million in the autumn of 2008.
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