Barrhead promises ‘full support’ for staff after announcing redundancies
Barrhead Travel has promised to fully support staff who are to be made redundant as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The agency blamed the ‘havoc wreaked on our industry’ by coronavirus for its decision to make redundancies, and to call a halt the big expansion drive it had planned for 2020.
Barrhead president Jacqueline Dobson said the current situation was ‘unthinkable’ at the turn of the year, but explained: "In common with many others in our industry, we are having to make difficult decisions as a direct result of the impact of Covid-19 on holidays.
"Customer confidence has been dented by the ongoing uncertainty surrounding quarantine and travel restrictions.
"This, combined with the imminent closure of the furlough scheme, means we have had to announce a number of redundancies.
"We will be ensuring that there is full support available for all our colleagues – personally and professionally – over the coming months."
The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association called on Barrhead to work with the union to save jobs and ‘not throw the baby out with the bathwater’.
General secretary Manuel Cortes said: "We need to come together with the Scottish government to agree a plan for our travel trade, which will not only prevent job losses at Barrhead but across the sector.
"High streets in Scotland are beginning to open and there will be a hunger to make holiday plans. I recognise how hard the coronavirus crisis has been for our travel trade and our members, right across Britain.
"However, we can all find a positive way forward if Holyrood is prepared to step up and save jobs – while setting a good example to ministers in London."
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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