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Scores of hospitality workers have been laid off in the North Mainland amid uncertainty in the oil and gas industry. The St Magnus Bay Hotel, Busta House and Valleyfield Guest House have all had to reduce staff, with north accommodation owners claiming more oil and gas workers are going to the ac... Read more...
By JOHN ROBERTSON SHETLANDERS with a head for heights could carve out lucrative careers with Viking Energy in future if the windfarm gets the go-ahead. The company is currently researching how it might help train many of the estimated 50 skilled engineers needed to keep the forest of 154 gia... Read more...
By NEIL RIDDELL ALMOST a third of Shetland’s workforce is on the council’s payroll, it has been revealed. There are 2,469 “full time equivalent” members of staff in the SIC, with part-time workers taking the roll up to 3,762 – made up of 2,758 women and 1,004 men. The total numb... Read more...