National Museums Liverpool to see 53 staff leave as funding cuts bite - Liverpool Daily Post National Museums Liverpool to see 53 staff leave as funding cuts bite - Liverpool Daily Post

Monday, May 21, 2012

National Museums Liverpool to see 53 staff leave as funding cuts bite - Liverpool Daily Post

National Museums Liverpool to see 53 staff leave as funding cuts bite - Liverpool Daily Post

NATIONAL Museums Liverpool (NML) are making further redundancies as the organisation battles  funding cuts.

A total of 53 staff are due to leave by July 31 as part of NML’s drive to reduce its annual spending by £3m  per year.

The job losses, which are all  voluntary, include staff from a  number of departments such as  curatorial, visitor services, collections management, education,  exhibitions, finance, HR and  communications.

Two earlier voluntary severance  schemes were taken up by 34 people –  bringing the total number of job  losses so far to 87. The organisation  said further redundancies were  “unavoidable.”

NML director Dr David Fleming  said: “The loss of key people will  undoubtedly have an impact on what  we can offer to our visitors.

“I am very saddened at having to  say goodbye to these staff, each of  whom has played a part in making  National Museums Liverpool the  success story that it is – a museum  service that is much loved and valued  by the people of Merseyside.

“The funding situation is very bad  and is likely to get worse. We are  continuing to work on making  savings. We will continue to look at  alternatives – but further job losses  are unavoidable.”

Senior managers are now  beginning to look at a restructure of  the scaled-down organisation.

Among the options being  considered are closing display  galleries to the public, staging fewer  exhibitions and introducing  admission charges for special  exhibitions and events.

NML is made up of eight venues  which attract more than 3m  visitors every year. It operates  the World Museum, the Walker  Art Gallery, Merseyside  Maritime Museum,  International Slavery Museum,  UK Border Agency National  Museum, Sudley House, the  Lady Lever Art Gallery and the  new Museum of Liverpool.

Its collections are among the  most important and varied in  Europe and contain everything  from Impressionist paintings  and rare beetles to a lifejacket from  the Titanic.

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Hundreds raise money in Tewkesbury Half Marathon - This is Gloucestershire

RUNNERS put their best foot forward for the Tewkesbury Half Marathon yesterday.

About 1,000 people donned their trainers for the 13-mile race and five-mile fun run in aid of health charity Sue Ryder.

People lined the streets of the town for the annual event which covers a course through Northway, Bredon and across the county border.

Race director Ann Wilson said: "It went very well.

"The weather was good and the athletes were all very happy, even though entries were down on last year.

"We always get a good atmosphere and they always support those who are taking part in the fun run as well."

Organisers hope raise hundreds of pounds for Sue Ryder.

See page 29 for full race results.



Pranab tables white paper on black money in LS - Hindustan Times
The finance minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled the much awaited white paper on black money in Lok Sabha on Monday.

"I will try to give all the relevant and possible information", Mukherjee had earlier said during the debate on Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha. The white paper is expected to provide information about black money stashed abroad. However, there are also indications that it may not provide the estimates of the black money stashed overseas as the expert committees appointed by the government to assess the amount of unaccounted money are yet to submit their reports.

The white paper is likely to contain the report of an official committee, set up in May 2011, under the chairmanship of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). This was in addition to the independent studies being carried out by National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) and National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM).

The reports of idependent studies is likely to be out at the end of an 18-month period, and that period is coming to a close around July or August.

(With PTI inputs)



Jeremy Coombes, ABFA Dip, Recognized by Worldwide Who's Who for Excellence in Risk Management - 24-7PressRelease.com
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