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Union demands jobs and pay for workers at collapsed housebuilder

UNITE has demanded action to back hundreds of workers left without pay or jobs after the collapse of the Stewart Milne Group.

The Aberdeen-based housebuilder went into administration on Monday leaving houses half-built, and 217 workers redundant.

In a statement, company founder Stewart Milne blamed “the bank,” Lloyds Banking Group, which refused two bids for the sale of the business.

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