A Leading Oil and Gas Service company has cancelled Christmas parties for thousands of workers. Aker Solutions which employs 2000 people in Aberdeen has cancelled all festive parties to show "sympathy" with hundreds of colleagues in Norway who have been affected by cutbacks. 

The company is currently cutting costs by shedding jobs in Norway but has no immediate plans to shed jobs in Aberdeen where it says demand for its products and services was still high. 

A spokesperson for the company confirmed that Christmas celebrations across the company were being cancelled this year. 

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