Wincanton Employees left out in the cold

I know we have been away from UK for a year and a half now but i still keep in contact with a few friends back at Wincanton in Gloucester. Naturaly i was horrified when i found this on the internet.

My heart goes out to the families of both the drivers and the warehouse staff, the timing of this announcement just beggars belief. I hope you all find alternate work quickly and dont let it spoil your Christmas too much.

Merry Xmas and good luck to all of you from across the pond.

Here is one of the excerpts, its short and pretty much to the point.

Gloucestershire suffered an unemployment bombshell today after
Wincanton announced it was closing its distribution centre at Gloucester Business
Park with the loss of 450 jobs.
Managers at the Brockworth site were told the
shock news this morning following the merger of Wincanton’s chilled food
distrubution business with Culina Logistics which will take over the
work.
Wincanton will close its operations at Gloucester Business
Park and Trafford Park, probably in April. Wincanton’s group marketing director
Holly Porter said the closure of the sites was “extremely disappointing” and
efforts would be made to minimise the impact on employees and their
families.

And the sentiments of one family says it all

Nice to know the managers had a xmas bash the day after the news broke out. We all left now wondering about our future and how the hell we going to pay our bills and the managers seem to have jobs elsewhere??????????? Plus have found out cos my partner not worked there for 2 years he may be given just 1 week notice! O how the news gets better. xx
partner of a wincanton employee, glos.