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29/08/2007
Almost 80 Jobs To Be Lost At Belfast Firm
Up to 76 jobs are to be lost at east Belfast firm Scott ElectroMech following a down turn in business.
Scott ElectroMech, formally known as Hugh J Scotts, are an electrical engineering company based on the Ravenhill Road and following a down turn in business they went into administration.
Attempts to sell the company as a going concern failed and PUP assembly member Dawn Purvis said that the decision to close the firm is devastating.
The assembly member also said that she hopes that the workers are properly compensated and that support is put in place to help them find alternative employment.
(SB/SP)
Scott ElectroMech, formally known as Hugh J Scotts, are an electrical engineering company based on the Ravenhill Road and following a down turn in business they went into administration.
Attempts to sell the company as a going concern failed and PUP assembly member Dawn Purvis said that the decision to close the firm is devastating.
The assembly member also said that she hopes that the workers are properly compensated and that support is put in place to help them find alternative employment.
(SB/SP)
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