Taxpayer owned RBS cuts another 3,500 jobs

by Deborah Hyde on Sep 02, 2010 at 12:35

Taxpayer owned RBS cuts another 3,500 jobs

RBS has announced 3,500 more UK staff are set to lose their jobs but 500 offshore jobs will be created

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