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[NigelJK]

Barclays have said the reason for this investment in the Glasgow campus is to bring jobs back in-house.
What do you think this means?
I reckon it means getting rid of the big consultancies /outsourcers and having mostly staff jobs with a few one-man band contractors when needed.
Or does anyone reckon its going to be a permie only paradise?

They are about to open a similar centre in Pune, India. It will be staffed by Barclays permanent staff.

[Batcher]

But like most places the scottish accent does vary quite considerably - is there any particular region of Scotland which has the 'best' accent?

Inverness is normally mentioned for the best Scottish accent although the contact centres are usually round the central belt.

[original PM]

Inverness is normally mentioned for the best Scottish accent although the contact centres are usually round the central belt.

Yeah I'll go with that when I was in Uni in Edinburgh I met a lovely young woman from Lossiemouth - and she had possibly the best accent ever.

and thats only an hour from Inverness...

[sasguru]

Yeah I'll go with that when I was at ex-poly in Edinburgh I met a lovely young woman from Lossiemouth - and she had possibly the best accent ever.

and thats only an hour from Inverness...

There, FTFY. You wouldn't have been admitted to Edinburgh University.

[RetSet]

Also, polls show that younger people are roughly 80/20 in favour of independence so every year more of those voters are available to yes whereas the older voters who voted no are dying off. 16 & 17 year olds are allowed to vote in the independence referendum.

Correct. Older people die, BUT young people grow up. Don't be surprise to find that a proportion of kiddies who voted yes would vote no, now they have grown up a bit.