Losses will be felt in all departments and staff under threat are being consulted, the council says.

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"All of the staff have been under a lot of pressure, " said Zola, who most recently claimed he was not told the club would be making a bid for West Bromwich Albion midfielder Graham Dorrans.

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It stressed that there would be no redundancies and that all staff would be transferred to new employers under legislation governing transfer of undertakings in the public sector.

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The council said all permanent members of staff will transfer to Care UK under their current terms and conditions of employment.

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Whether a firm has some policy for social media or not, lots of its staff are on and probably all of its customers under 65 or so are participating.

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The biggest threat to their chances of winning will come from an all-English trio of Jamie Staff, Matt Crampton and Jason Kenny competing under the flag of sponsors Science in Sport.

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The 58-year-old says one of his first tasks was to provide stability and to make sure all staff and management felt "integrated", which included making sure those dealing with Under-eights rugby or the England senior men's team were all working together.

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