SCOTLAND’S troubled BiFab engineering yards must be saved from closure, Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said today as bosses issued workers redundancy notices.
The sites, which manufacture equipment for the offshore oil, gas and renewable sectors, were occupied by workers in November.
They had been threatened with closure after a payments dispute with a major contractor and BiFab also faced a costly lawsuit.
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