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Monthly Archives: July 2012
‘Bag it and bin it’ says Beggs
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FG Wilson Job Losses ‘Deeply Concerning’.
Ulster Unionist East Antrim MLA Roy Beggs Jnr has commented on the job losses announced for Larne based generator manufacturer FG Wilson. Mr Beggs said: “The news that a production line based at FG Wilson’s Larne factory is being transferred to Tianjin, China with the loss of 160 jobs and the possibility of a loss of a further 100 jobs is deeply concerning. We simply cannot afford to be exporting jobs rather than products to China or anywhere else. “Throughout the current recession, the continued success of FG Wilson has been a beacon of hope for the local economy. Relatively recently, there have been announcement of major investment in a state of the art Assembly line and more staff were hired, albeit on an agency basis. I understand that initially it is agency workers who will lose their jobs and this will be devastating to the families affected. We need … Continue reading
Beggs hits out at Ulster Bank’s second class service to customers
Ulster Unionist MLA Roy Beggs has hit out at Ulster Bank’s treatment of its local customers as unacceptable, describing it as second class when compared to how the rest of the RBS group has been treating their customers. The East Antrim representative, who also sits on the Assembly’s Finance committee, said: “We are now ten days into this crisis and it is absolutely intolerable that local people who are customers of the Ulster Bank still cannot access their funds. I am extremely concerned that the Ulster Bank, which is part of the RBS Group, has treated local customers as second class when compared to how its sister companies, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Nat West have been treating their customers. Why should the technical problems result in more severe delays here than in other areas? RBS and Nat West Banks have opened over 1,000 of their branches from 8am … Continue reading
Management could have done much more – Wilson
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