9th May 2012, 04:41 PM
Yes the City Council is separate but luckily that's gone to a very worthy guy from the County Council. Unfortunately the advisory side will still need to reduce costs so people will still have to leave. Some people (on the projects side) have already left through to go to other jobs, so hopefully the number potentially made redundant is now a lot smaller. It is a great shame; not just for the people but for they work they did/do. Like the NMP programme (funded by English Heritage), which will not necessarily be taken up by the commercial units. The one positive aspect is that the projects are being allowed to wind down, rather than being stopped abruptly.