The drinks giant has confirmed that 100 staff in Scotland have entered into a redundancy consultation period following the decision to close of Barr Direct.
The drinks giant is understood to have told employees last month that their roles were being placed at risk.
The company has confirmed the shock news to the Daily Record but said it “fully intends to support our employees through these proposed changes”.A source told the Record: “We were called into a meeting about two weeks ago and told the company was making changes. “The workforce is pretty shocked and hurt to be honest as some of these drivers have been with the company for up to 25 years.“We knew about the job losses last month but these plans weren’t included in that announcement. It’s pretty shocking to be honest.”
They said the roles were being cut through the closure of direct sales operations at the three sites. The Leeds office for its energy drink brand Boost was also earmarked for closure.
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