mainstand Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 No i`m self-employed but my nephew works in the perth council offices and told me what its like. Guys at the top gettin huge salaries for doin feck all So he is not a civil servant. The reference from andy related to civil Servants. Your nephew is a obviously a council worker, I don;t know about the huge salaries and doing feck all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee4life Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 So he is not a civil servant. The reference from andy related to civil Servants. Your nephew is a obviously a council worker, I don;t know about the huge salaries and doing feck all.Come on man you cant be blind its a well known fact that the majority of council office workers in this country have got some of the cushiest jobs goin.Posts get created higher up the ladder to accomodate boys and their friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee4life Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 So he is not a civil servant. The reference from andy related to civil Servants. Your nephew is a obviously a council worker, I don;t know about the huge salaries and doing feck all. I will give you another one. My mate is a postie[civil servant] spens a lot of his shift sleeping in his lorry or his shift is supposed to finish at a certain time and hes home and finished an hour or so earlier. They have a cheek to go out on strike aswell, laughable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Come on man you cant be blind its a well known fact that the majority of council office workers in this country have got some of the cushiest jobs goin.Posts get created higher up the ladder to accomodate boys and their friends I will give you another one. My mate is a postie[civil servant] spens a lot of his shift sleeping in his lorry or his shift is supposed to finish at a certain time and hes home and finished an hour or so earlier. They have a cheek to go out on strike aswell, laughable Posties are not civil servants either. as for Council workers I honestly haven;t heard that from friends I know that work in local authority. If you think it is that bad go and see your councillor, it is them that vreate new posts. Iam telling you what I know of where I work and it is nothing like you seem to think, but it seems to be the way with those that work in the private sector or are self employed in that they think they are the only ones that work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee4life Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Posties are not civil servants either. as for Council workers I honestly haven;t heard that from friends I know that work in local authority. If you think it is that bad go and see your councillor, it is them that vreate new posts. Iam telling you what I know of where I work and it is nothing like you seem to think, but it seems to be the way with those that work in the private sector or are self employed in that they think they are the only ones that work. As far as i'm led to believe posties are civil servants. As far as your self-employed comment goes that aint the case at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Christmas Jones Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 I heard on the grapevine that another two large Scottish company's within the construction industry were struggling at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Rourke Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 I heard on the grapevine that another two large Scottish company's within the construction industry were struggling at the moment. there's more than two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Christmas Jones Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 there's more than two There is a few,but for how long.What with councils cutting back,the non house building firms were relying on new schools,hospitals,dental and doctor surgery's being built.Not anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE REBEL SAINT Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I heard a week ago and have since heard a few more times that Ann Gloag is looking into purchasing Clachan. Heard this yesterday from a good source!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fair City Saint Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Heard this yesterday from a good source!!!!!!! I heard from a very important source too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I see Connaught have announced that they are in financial difficulties. Trying to raise urgent money from lenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE REBEL SAINT Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 Spittal & Mcglashan the painters have now ceased trading due to the money due to them by Clachan & Torith Construction!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 Sad to hear about Spittal & McGlashan I remember them and McKay the painters away back from when I was an apprentice circa 1955/1960 top firms. The saddest part is when an old established firm gets dragged down by the dealings of some bunch of numptys no justice !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 I see Connaught have announced that they are in financial difficulties. Trying to raise urgent money from lenders. Now called in KPMG as receivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientsaint Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Now called in KPMG as receivers. Morgan Sindall have taken over some of the contracts and around 2500 staff....not known how many being kept on in Scotland though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Although not a construction company, I was speaking to a owner of acompany taht does embroidery of badges etc, he was telling us that Akexandria workwear had gone down the tubes leaving him £16k out of pocket. Had a to lay a lassie off. alexandria have now been taken over by an American company who contacted him a week later to see if he would like to continue doing business with them. Wonder how many sub contractors etc will be in the same position and just have to bite the bullet and take the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Saint Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Although not a construction company, I was speaking to a owner of acompany taht does embroidery of badges etc, he was telling us that Akexandria workwear had gone down the tubes leaving him £16k out of pocket. Had a to lay a lassie off. alexandria have now been taken over by an American company who contacted him a week later to see if he would like to continue doing business with them. Wonder how many sub contractors etc will be in the same position and just have to bite the bullet and take the work. When did Alexandria go tits up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 When did Alexandria go tits up? July and parts of it were bought in late August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Sad to hear about Spittal & McGlashan I remember them and McKay the painters away back from when I was an apprentice circa 1955/1960 top firms. The saddest part is when an old established firm gets dragged down by the dealings of some bunch of numptys no justice !! hi my grandad was victor mcglashan the other half of spittal and mcglashan i have been doing the family tree and would be glad of any info if you can rember anything my gran sold the business in 1985 thanks in advanced ali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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