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26/02/2014
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Butcher Wins 'Overwhelming' Support For Window Display
The seasonal produce window display of a butchers shop in Sudbury is to be reinstated after the owners received "overwhelming" support for its return.
The display, which featured the carcasses of dead animals, was removed following threats that shoppers would boycott the precinct and nearby shops.
However, JBS Family Butchers say that after taking the display down and asking the public if it should come back, they received overwhelming support and that the display will return this week.
Council Ends Long-Running Pay Dispute
A long-running pay dispute at South Lanarkshire Council, and involving more than 3,000 people, has been settled.
The dispute centred around female employees claiming that they were earning less than male employees in comparable, but different, jobs.
The council had previously tried to block a freedom of information request on its pay scales.
A financial settlement has now been reached, however the details of the agreement are to be kept confidential.
Job Fears At Boat Building Firm
Up to 130 jobs are at risk amid fears that Mustang Marine, a boat building and repair firm, will be placed in administration.
The Pembroke Post-based company opened a new £1.5m building last November despite suffering significant losses on key contracts that had overrun.
According to a report by BBC Wales, the company will know in the next few days if it will be placed in administration.
(MH/JP)
The seasonal produce window display of a butchers shop in Sudbury is to be reinstated after the owners received "overwhelming" support for its return.
The display, which featured the carcasses of dead animals, was removed following threats that shoppers would boycott the precinct and nearby shops.
However, JBS Family Butchers say that after taking the display down and asking the public if it should come back, they received overwhelming support and that the display will return this week.
Council Ends Long-Running Pay Dispute
A long-running pay dispute at South Lanarkshire Council, and involving more than 3,000 people, has been settled.
The dispute centred around female employees claiming that they were earning less than male employees in comparable, but different, jobs.
The council had previously tried to block a freedom of information request on its pay scales.
A financial settlement has now been reached, however the details of the agreement are to be kept confidential.
Job Fears At Boat Building Firm
Up to 130 jobs are at risk amid fears that Mustang Marine, a boat building and repair firm, will be placed in administration.
The Pembroke Post-based company opened a new £1.5m building last November despite suffering significant losses on key contracts that had overrun.
According to a report by BBC Wales, the company will know in the next few days if it will be placed in administration.
(MH/JP)
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Commission On Minimum Wage Visit
Two Low Pay Commissioners are to visit London next week on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage. The visit is one of a number of planned trips the Low Pay Commission is making around the UK during 2011 to "gather information on how the minimum wage is operating".
Commission On Minimum Wage Visit
Two Low Pay Commissioners are to visit London next week on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage. The visit is one of a number of planned trips the Low Pay Commission is making around the UK during 2011 to "gather information on how the minimum wage is operating".
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