Dozens of furious former employees demand action over outstanding cash

Since last Wednesday, the News has been contacted by dozens of former workers who had been left high and dry by the firm.

And it’s certainly not the first time, with a former operations manager saying: “They can’t keep getting away with this – this needs publicity.”

Since last October, the

News has now been contacted by around 60 members of staff complaining about AGO, with the majority concerned about outstanding payment, pensions and tax deductions.

That includes parents, sole providers and people struggling just to make ends meat.

One person that contacted us was a single-parent who said they have now been left with a mortgage and no job, as the company“refused to put me on furlough”.

Another worker said:“I’ve had to go home and tell my wife and kids that we’ll struggle to pay the mortgage soon because they’ve left me high and dry again.

“Staff have worked the whole of September and won’t get paid, they must have known this was coming. They owe me over £3000.”

Other staff that contacted us told us of outstanding pay of £1700, over £2000, and nearly £4000.

A former senior manager told us:“I just thought they were terrible at money

management.

“There was this continual pattern of building up debt and not paying it back. They owed a number of data processing companies money.

“It got so bad, their customer had to bail them out.”

The manager claims Scottish Power twice paid off debt owed by AGO, claiming on one occasion that was “around £60,000”.

Scottish Power would not be drawn directly on whether they paid off any debt for AGO, nor on the working practices of the firm, saying their relationship was now “with the administrators only”.

A spokeswoman for the energy giants said:“Scottish Power’s dealings with any contractor, supplier or partner agency are always in line with the legal and commercial agreements in place – nothing more.”

One company owed money by AGO, is lead365.

The data processing company confirmed with the News that they had not received payment from AGO since July and were now awaiting for administrators to be assigned in hope of a resolution.

A spokesman for the firm said it was disappointing that they had been left waiting for payment, but said their thoughts lay with former employees who have yet to be paid.