Hewlett Packard to axe 1,300 jobs in UK
Computer giant Hewlett Packard is to axe 1,300 jobs in the UK and switch work overseas, union leaders said yesterday.
The flood of applicants shows how hard the recession is hitting Scotland; yesterday it was revealed that the computer company Hewlett-Packard would cut 700 jobs at its factory in Erskine, Renfrewshire.