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RBS jobs situation
02/11/2009
Commenting on today's announcement of RBS job losses, Finance Secretary John Swinney said:
"This is, of course, enormously disappointing news for the staff impacted. I accept RBS' commitment to minimise compulsory redundancies. We will continue our already productive engagement with RBS through the Finance Sector Jobs Taskforce to identify appropriate intervention.
"If necessary, we will concentrate on ensuring that every individual obtains the full support of government agencies to help them find alternative employment or upskilling opportunities. Through our Partnership Action for Continuing Employment initiative, we will focus on keeping people in work or giving them skills to develop their careers.
"Scotland continues to have real strengths in financial services with recent announcements from Tesco Banking and esure giving us cause for optimism."