Scottish Life says redundancies and job cuts are on the way at its branches as plans to centralize n...
Scottish Life says redundancies and job cuts are on the way at its branches as plans to centralize new business administration in Edinburgh will reduce the need for as many staff. Moves to improve efficiency, costs and speed of processing will see the creation of a new processing centre in Edinburgh to handle the keying of proposals and other aspects of the admin trail, says Alisdair Buchanan, head of communications of Scottish Life. Current branch networks will be maintained and greater emphasis will be placed on sales support to IFAs to help with IFA enquiries and illustrations....
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