"They have been let down, lied to, and mistreated by their employer throughout this whole process. Sarah Woolley, the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union general secretary, said: “It is disgusting how badly the workers at Dawnfresh have been treated. Whitburgh House, Path Head, Midlothian (Image: David McNie Photography) Uddingston employees last year received letters promising generous redundancy payments if they worked until this summer, when the factory would be wound down.īut they have now been left unemployed and without any compensation from the company, having to wait up to six weeks in the hope of minimum redundancy terms from the Government. “He was last seen at the company offices loading artwork from the wall in his office into the back of his car, I think that he clearly cares about paintings more than people.” Willie Brennan, a union rep at Dawnfresh, said: “Alastair Salvesen is one of the richest men in Scotland and yet he is now walking away leaving hundreds of low paid workers high and dry, it is a disgrace. The deal will include the transfer of all 249 staff and create an £85million turnover business. Meanwhile, the Arbroath processing plant has been sold to Buckie-based smoked salmon producer Associated Seafoods, a subsidiary of Lossie Seafoods. The company’s Dawnfresh Seafoods division, which operates seven fish farms across Scotland and Northern Ireland, will continue trading solvently and is being put up for sale. He is named as the person with significant control at Companies House with a personal shareholding of over 75 per cent of shares. Scot who lost a stone in four days and nearly died in car park warns over early signs of diabetes.Spanish cops confirm Scots woman's hotel balcony fall death not being treated as suspicious.The company report for 2020 – the last published – gives details of more than £12million worth of “related party transactions” involving “persons with control, joint control or significant influence over the group”.įounded in 1973 and headquartered in Uddingston, the business was majority-owned by the family of Alastair Salvesen.ĭawnfresh Seafoods processing line (Image: UGC / Daily Record) Read More Related Articles The firm was one of the UK’s biggest suppliers to supermarkets despite claiming 17 years of losses in accounts and six fish farms which continue to operate and are also up for sale via administrators.Īccounts show that between 20 over £6.5million was paid out to “key management”. Man rushed to hospital after being found 'seriously injured' on Glasgow street.Heartbreaking moment Scots woman plunged to her death in tragic holiday fall recalled by eyewitness.You can pop your email address into the sign up box above, hit Subscribe and we'll do the rest.Īlternatively, you can sign up and check out the rest of our newsletters here. We also send coronavirus updates at 5pm on weekdays, and a round up of the week's must-read stories on Sunday afternoons. We send a morning and lunchtime newsletter covering the latest headlines every day. It is absolutely disgusting.ĭid you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by signing up to our daily newsletter? You are talking about one of the richest people in Scotland at the head of this company, yet this happens to workers who have served him for decades. He said: “These people are completely heartless. Graham, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in September 2020, worked for the firm for 14 years. Other parts of the multinational business, which has received taxpayer funded support, continue to operate successfully and are being sold off.īut Graham, 48, and partner Mary Kirwan, 51, from Motherwell, said they will not have enough money to eat if their fears are realised that the company won’t make redundancy payments or honour owed holiday pay as a result of going bust. Former Scots radio DJ used creepy dating profile to prey on Filipino children.Parents devastated after unborn baby son tragically dies weeks before due date.It is unknown if this was personal or company property. Questions have also been asked about artwork which was removed from the walls of his office before the administration started. Salvesen, who had an estimated wealth of £1billion in 2015, is in majority control of the company and accounts show senior management have taken home over £6million since 2017 despite claiming significant losses. One of Scotland’s richest men has been accused of leaving a cancer victim relying on a food bank after his fish processing plant was plunged into administration.ĭad-of-two Graham MacPherson, who has been fighting leukaemia, is among 200 workers facing financial ruin after aristocrat Alastair Salvesen’s Dawnfresh factory in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, was folded.
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