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| Disability firm into liquidation | |
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| An Aberdeen furniture factory which employs blind and disabled workers is to go into administration, it has been announced. | |
| More than 50 "devastated" workers - including 31 with disabilities - are set to lose their job as a result. | |
| Glencraft's board said there was no other option, blaming the city council's lack of support for a modified business plan. | |
| However the council claimed it had tried everything to support Glencraft. | |
| One worker told BBC Scotland: "It's a disaster that so many talented people here are going to the thrown on the scrapheap." | |
| The Glencraft board had called the crucial meeting | |
| Some of the board of governors at Glencraft resigned to show their feelings. | |
| Chairman Ed Gillespie said: "It could have been avoided, this is a very special place. | |
| "With the current lack of support from the council, today's decision was inevitable." | |
| The factory faced closure last year because of a reduction in council funding, but the local authority agreed to buy it and lease it back. | The factory faced closure last year because of a reduction in council funding, but the local authority agreed to buy it and lease it back. |
| Glencraft reported record sales in January, with sales rising 34% on the same period the previous year. | |
| Aberdeen South Labour MP Anne Begg had raised the fresh fears about the factory's future during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday. | Aberdeen South Labour MP Anne Begg had raised the fresh fears about the factory's future during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday. |