It looks like Drinks Giant Diageo is set to cut upto 900 jobs in its distillery at Port Dundas in Glasgow. The distillery has been producing whiskey since 1810, closures include warehouse operations and their packaging plant. However 400 jobs will be created in Fife through the expansion of their packaging plant there.
Marks and Spencer jobs are secure as Stuart Rose reports better than expected sales performance, better than the previos quarter and a lower decline than the 2.5% expected by the city. Stuart said “The consumer confidence appeared to be stabilsing”, but warned to remain cautious for the remainder of the year.
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British Gas is to create 2,600 new jobs as it prepares for the roll-out of a new ‘mart’ meter. The centre will open in Leicester which will train the new 2,100 engineers. We will keep you posted when we hear of the vacancies.
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FREE business finance seminar for Enfield residents working from home will be held next week.
Organised by the National Enterprise Network, the event is part of Home Enterprise Week, which focuses on informing businesses struggling during the recession.
A step-by-step guide by Enterprise Enfield to help businesses hoping to raise more than £10,000 will be available at the seminar, along with advice on types of business finance available and how to apply for loans.
Janet Collett, the chief executive of independent business advice service Enterprise Enfield, said: “We know the number of businesses starting and running from home in this area is increasing and many people are considering the home business option.
“Enterprise Enfield encourages all home-based business owners to find out about their finance options at this event and to take further advantage of our professional business advice and training services to build successful and sustainable businesses. ”
Digital innovation boosted by a new £150 million fund aiming to ensure that the country becomes a world leader in terms of technology jobs.
Pledging to create an ideal environment in which hi-tech companies are able to thrive over the coming years, Gordon Brown revealed that the public sector investment will be supplemented by up to £1 billion worth of private sector funding in fields such as life sciences, biotechnology and digital manufacturing.
The prime minister also expressed confidence that as much as £100 billion will be ploughed into the UK’s burgeoning green energy sector, with more than 400,000 new jobs in the construction and engineering sectors alone set to be created as a result.
“And we believe investment by government and the private sector will enable the economy to create, over the next five years, 1.5 million new skilled jobs in Britain.”
Is this too little too late?
