ALEX Salmond has hailed the creation of 500 new jobs in Aberdeen by a Norwegian oil services company as proof Scotland's evolving strategy for the sector is working.
ALEX Salmond has hailed the creation of 500 new jobs in Aberdeen by a Norwegian oil services company as proof Scotland's evolving strategy for the sector is working.
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ROBBIE DINWOODIE CHIEF SCOTTISH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
Aker Solutions announced expansion plans as the First Minister visited its headquarters in Oslo yesterday.
The company's Scots operation already employs 2700 staff, having added 350 new posts in recent months. With a growth target for the group as a whole of between 9% and 15% a year through to 2015, it plans to recruit the additional 500 Scots staff over the next two years.
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