‘We’ve been treated badly’

A long-serving Headley Brothers employee, who asked not to be named, said: “Our next monthly pay is due to be paid to us on February 28 but we don’t know if that’s going to happen.”

He said there were fears the company would go into administration on March 2.

He said: “We will be fighting to get a severance package but any redundancy will only be one week’s pay for every year of service.

“It’s shocking how we are being treated. Many people have worked here for a very long time and have been very loyal to the company over the years.

“Some people were phoned and just told not to bother coming in to work as they were going to lose their job. It’s disgusting the way loyal employees have been treated.”