[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Omah

Scotland's top two business economies are based on oil/gas and finance .....

And the bit about us using other people's money?

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Lee.

And the bit about us using other people's money?

Us?

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Omah

Us?

Scotland

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Lee.

Scotland

Edinburgh is Scotland's leading provider of chargeable financial services, which collect funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets - financial services, by definition, do not use their own money.

http://www.scotland.org/work/key-industries/

Scotland is the fifth largest financial services centre in Europe and the industry accounts for around £7 billion or 7% of Scotland’s GDP. The business and financial services sector in Scotland has grown faster than the rest of the UK over the last five years, creating 65,000 new jobs.

IMO, the so-called "financial services sector" is just another name for "parasites", wherever they are located .....

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jords

Im with Kate. Im glad to see you back Pyra but sometimes you do talk tosh. Just because something worked out great for you and a few collegues who all have working experience under their belts, does not mean success can be generalized to everybody so easily.

Thanks for the welcome Jords.... but I have said repeatedly and used the words 'some / 'an element' to indicate clearly that it is not a sweeping generalisation.

My own view is that is is not always as difficult as some make it out to be - and similarly there are those on the thread who have a different view: that they are of the view that it IS as difficult as it is made out to be.

That's the reason for the thread - to discuss these differing viewpoints and why we have them.

Originally Posted by michael21

did the company you worked for give a reason for the redundancies whar was the company name????????????

Companies do not tend to make people redundant without giving a valid reason for doing so.

The name of Company is irrelevent and has no bearing on the discussion.

Originally Posted by Lee.

And the bit about us using other people's money?

Originally Posted by Omah

Us?

Originally Posted by Lee.

Scotland

Originally Posted by Omah

Edinburgh is Scotland's leading provider of chargeable financial services, which collect funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets - financial services, by definition, do not use their own money.

http://www.scotland.org/work/key-industries/

IMO, the so-called "financial services sector" is just another name for "parasites", wherever they are located .....

Originally Posted by Omah

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/n...#ixzz25LwdFx1V

Surprise, surprise - there's a North/South divide for England .....

And the Scots are living on offshore resources and using other people's money .....

Your recent posts are showing nothing more than xenophobia Omah and I for one would be grateful if you could stick to the sujbect matter: rather than trying to turn it into some Scotland vs England argument. thanks.