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2015-16
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Newsquest Titles In Glasgow
Chris Stephens
2016-01-13
That this House regrets the decision of Newsquest to cut as many as 25 journalist posts at the Herald and Evening Times newspapers in Scotland, placing the titles' future at severe risk; notes that this is the fourth round of redundancies at the Glasgow newspapers in the last 14 months, and means there will now be fewer than half the journalists employed at the Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times compared to before Newsquest took over this historic Scottish publisher; is concerned that a further reduction in quality is inevitable as talented journalists lose their jobs and those remaining struggle with an increasing workload to gather and produce news and features that help the product; believes that pursuing unrealistic profit targets by constantly making cuts, instead of looking at innovative ways to improve the business, is not sustainable in the long term; and therefore calls on the new management team to ensure maximum consultation with the National Union of Journalists to avoid compulsory redundancies and give appropriate support to the workforce.
Employment
Press
Chris Stephens
2016-01-13
Proposed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Alison Thewliss
2016-01-13
Seconded
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
George Kerevan
2016-01-13
Seconded
East Lothian
Scottish National Party
Tasmina Sheikh
2016-01-13
Seconded
Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Ian Blackford
2016-01-13
Seconded
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish National Party
Carol Monaghan
2016-01-13
Seconded
Glasgow North West
Scottish National Party
Neil Gray
2016-01-14
Signed
Airdrie and Shotts
Scottish National Party
Stewart McDonald
2016-01-14
Signed
Glasgow South
Scottish National Party
Angus MacNeil
2016-01-14
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2016-01-14
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party
Chris Law
2016-01-14
Signed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Alan Meale
2016-01-14
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
John Nicolson
2016-01-18
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Pete Wishart
2016-01-18
Signed
Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Roger Mullin
2016-01-18
Signed
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Scottish National Party
Patrick Grady
2016-01-19
Signed
Glasgow North
Scottish National Party
John McNally
2016-01-19
Signed
Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Angela Crawley
2016-01-20
Signed
Lanark and Hamilton East
Scottish National Party
Gavin Newlands
2016-01-20
Signed
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Scottish National Party
Kirsten Oswald
2016-01-21
Signed
East Renfrewshire
Scottish National Party
Martyn Day
2016-01-25
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Deidre Brock
2016-01-27
Signed
Edinburgh North and Leith
Scottish National Party