Over 300 staff made redundant at Livingston computer factory

Over 300 staff at a West Lothian computer technology firm have been made redundant.

The announcement was made during a meeting at the Livingston based Kaiam.

Employees were sent home and Thursday after being told they would not be paid their December wages.

28 workers have been retained to help the Joint Administrators from KPMG explore a sale of the business.

Blair Nimmo, Joint Administrator and KPMG’s Global Head of Restructuring, said:''We fully recognise that redundancies at this time of year are particularly difficult. Our main focus during this challenging period is to work with all affected employees alongside Scottish Enterprise, Skills Development Scotland and West Lothian Council to ensure that the full range of support is available to them.

Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE), the Scottish Government’s partnership framework for responding to redundancy situations, has already mobilised and can be contacted on 0800 917 8000 for support. We are also liaising with the UK Government in relation to the timing of redundancy payments via the Insolvency Service.

In the short term, we are exploring all available options for a sale of the business and would encourage any interested parties to contact us as soon as possible.''

A just giving page has been sent up https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/mhairi-duff?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socpledgedesktop&utm_content=mhairi-duff&utm_campaign=post-pledge-desktop&utm_term=x7EjEJZzJ has raised thousands of pounds.

Local people and businesses have also made thousands of pounds worth of donations to help employees who missed out on their Christmas pay