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Employees of RBS in Harrogate have suffered a massive blow this month after they were informed of a potential 500 job losses between now and 2012, as part of a National programme to cut 3,500 jobs.
The Royal Bank of Scotland is one of the ten biggest businesses in the district, but now will suffer a loss after it was announced that RBS’s Back Office Support Centre, Cardale Park will be closed by the end of the year.
The effected employees mainly work in retail, business, or the customer service departments with also some call centre staff. A handful of the ex-office workers will be offered similar jobs at Advent Brain, who bought the majority if RBS’s Global Merchant Services earlier in the year, but there will still be a huge group of unemployed workers.
Andrew Jones, Harrogate MP, has expressed his shock over the Job cuts, he has pleaded with RBS to reconsider the closing down of the office. He is worried about the effect of the closure on local economy and is concerned for the employees and their families.
Derek Wilson, 47, is an IT technician at the offices, “I really have no idea what I’m going to do now, it isn’t easy to get a job at my age, and I still have a family to support.” The employees at Cardale Park have already started to clear out their offices in preparation for the closing of the office in early December.

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Employees of RBS in Harrogate have suffered a massive blow this month after they were informed of a potential 500 job losses between now and 2012, as part of a National programme to cut 3,500 jobs.
The Royal Bank of Scotland is one of the ten biggest businesses in the district, but now will suffer the loss after it was announced that RBS’s Back Office Support Centre, Cardale Park will be closed by the end of the year.
The affected employees mainly work in retail, business, or the customer service departments. Some call centre staff will also be affected. A handful of the ex-office workers will be offered similar jobs at Advent Brain, who bought the majority if RBS’s Global Merchant Services earlier in the year, but there will still be a huge group of unemployed workers.
Andrew Jones, Harrogate MP, has expressed his shock over the job cuts. He has pleaded with RBS to reconsider. He is worried about the effect of the closure on local economy and is concerned for the employees and their families.
Derek Wilson, 47, is an IT technician at the offices, “I really have no idea what I’m going to do now. It isn’t easy to get a job at my age, and I still have a family to support.” The employees at Cardale Park have already started to clear out their offices in preparation for the closure in early December.