2<\/p>\n Orr Decorators went bust last week leaving 32 people without a jobCredit: Supplied 2<\/p>\n One of the high-profile clients was the Barclay’s campus in Glasgow’s TradestonCredit: John Kirkby<\/p>\n Glasgow-based Thompsons Solicitors have criticised Orr for \u201cdumping\u201d its workers\u00a0 after making them redundant on April 8 without adequate notice.<\/p>\n The firm has begun legal proceedings to secure compensation<\/a> for the affected employees.<\/p>\n Several former staff members have already joined the claim, and lawyer Paul Kissen, head of the Protective Award Unit at Thompsons, has encouraged others to come forward.<\/p>\n He emphasised that all staff members are eligible to claim, regardless of how long they had been employed by the company.<\/p>\n The legal action will focus on securing protective awards<\/a>, which could result in payouts of approximately \u00a34,000 to \u00a35,000 per employee.<\/p>\n These payments are in addition to entitlements such as unpaid wages, unworked notice periods<\/a>, unused holiday<\/a> allowances, and statutory redundancy pay.<\/p>\n Under employment<\/a> law, the company was required to carry out a 45-day consultation period before making redundancies.<\/p>\n Thompsons Solicitors<\/a> believe the workers have a strong case and could secure collective compensation exceeding around \u00a3160000 for all affected workers.<\/p>\n They have previously won significant sums for workers at the Watt Brothers department store and the Tullis Russell paper mill in Fife<\/a>.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the firm said: \u201cThompsons Scotland<\/a> who specialise in helping workers hit hard by companies<\/a> which go bust confirmed they are taking on the Orr Decorators case.<\/p>\n Major Scots university to axe 632 jobs as staff left \u2018in tears\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cOver the past few years Thompsons have developed a specialised unit where the Firm helps workers gain lost wages and other monies owed to them.<\/p>\n \u201cPrevious cases include workers at the Watt Brothers department store in Glasgow<\/a> and the Tullis Russell paper mill in Fife where huge sums were secured for employees dumped with no notice.\u201d<\/p>\n We told how Orr Decorators, based in Coatbridge, was founded over 40 years ago and had an annual turnover of \u00a33 million.<\/p>\n The firm specialised in commercial painting and decorating services, with expertise in environmentally friendly coatings and finishes.<\/p>\n It worked on major projects across various sectors, including construction<\/a>, housing, local authorities, and healthcare.<\/p>\n Recent high-profile projects included work on the new St James Centre in Edinburgh<\/a>, the Barclays<\/a> campus in Glasgow\u2019s Tradeston, and the refurbishment of the Burrell Collection in Pollok Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gordon McIntyre and George Lafferty, insolvency practitioners with McLaren<\/a> Insolvency, have been appointed joint provisional liquidators of Andrew P Orr (Decorators) Limited.<\/p>\n In a statement last week, they said: \u201cOrr Decorators had built a portfolio of major projects across the construction, housing, distribution, healthcare, education<\/a>, manufacturing, and local authority sectors.<\/p>\n \u201cLosses were incurred as a result of rising costs and overheads, which in turn led to significant cashflow pressures. <\/p>\n “The company anticipated further losses, and a petition<\/a> to wind up the business<\/a> was submitted to the court.<\/p>\n \u201cWith further losses anticipated, a petition was submitted to court to wind up the company.\u201d<\/p>\n They added: \u201cThe business has ceased trading, and unfortunately all 32 staff have been made redundant.<\/p>\n \u201cThe joint provisional liquidators will focus on helping staff register claims with the redundancy payments office and will liaise with relevant employment support agencies, such as PACE.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr McIntyre commented: \u201cOrr Decorators was a highly regarded commercial painting and decorating contractor with a quality client base.<\/p>\n \u201cThe business was severely affected by trading problems, and despite the best efforts of the directors, insolvency was the only option.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will now wind down the business and determine whether there are any assets that can be marketed for sale in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n In response to the legal action, a spokesperson added: “The business was not in a position to continue trading, and the employees were made redundant after it was placed in provisional liquidation.<\/p>\n Read more on the Scottish Sun<\/p>\n “The joint provisional liquidators have spoken to all employees and are liaising with them regarding their claims.\u00a0 <\/p>\n “If an action is raised they will liaise with the tribunal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOZENS of workers who lost their jobs after a long-established painting and decorating firm went bust are being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,14682,918,4884,897,14683,712,895,2978,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-23251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-consumer-rights","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-jobs","13":"tag-lanarkshire","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-section-moneynews-money","16":"tag-small-business","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114344570646956437","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Orr](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Orr-Decorators-van-with-building.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Barclays](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2022-barclays-campus-banks-clyde-763085079.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n