Trade union GMB has slammed the new owners of House of Fraser, Mike Ashley and Sports Direct, after the company confirmed that 300 jobs will go at the warehouse in Milton Keynes.
House of Fraser collapsed last month and was subsequently bought out by Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct
However there is an ongoing stand-off between Sports Direct and XPO, who run House of Fraser warehouses in Milton Keynes and Wellingborough, in a £30 million dispute.
The House of Fraser website was suspended last month with a notice informing customers that a new website would be coming shortly. Users are currently being invited to shop via another link posted on the website.
House of Fraser debt has left more than 600 people facing redundancy and orders at a stand-still. Meanwhile, members of staff were put on a 45 day consultation period on August 17, 2018.
The GMB Union was informed today that the Milton Keynes depot will close on November 27 with the loss of more than 300 jobs.
Alan Costello, GMB Organiser, said: “GMB is disappointed by the fact that XPO and Sports Direct are clearly only interested in the stock in the warehouse. They couldn’t care less about our members or their livelihoods. This whole stand off – during which our members have been left in limbo – has been about commodities – not people. Our members have been left by the wayside, while XPO and Sport Direct fight like rabid dogs over the bones of House of Fraser.”
