The Livingston branch of a window and door manufacturer has closed, leaving 100 employees out of work.
Staff at Polyframe said they were told by text that they no longer had jobs after parent company Customade Group went into administration.
And while European Private Equity fund Nimbus has stepped in to buy the company’s assets around the country, workers were told Polyframe sites at Livingston and Halifax could not be saved.
One Livingston worker said staff had not been able to get back into the plant to collect their belongings.
He said: “The company Customade have pulled the wool over our eyes regarding this, saying everything is fine.
“They even got some of us back in on June 8 for two weeks from furlough then put us back on it on the June 29.
“We were led to believe everything was OK, as it was down to suppliers, but then came out with the announcement that Polyframe Livingston and Halifax employees have no jobs.
“They did however get an investor in Nimbus to bail them out and they have kept some factories open in England within the Customade group.
“Alvarez and Marsal have been appointed as administrators but this has left a lot of people confused and disgusted at the treatment from the company as to what happens next.
“The company have closed the gates and nobody can gain access as of yet to claim personal items.
“They way the company has abandoned us is really hard to swallow and left us without being paid this week or whenever.”
Nimbus has created a new group comprising of the Customade sites that have been saved which will be led by chief executive David Leng.
He said: “I am very disappointed for the great staff, suppliers and customers at the Polyframe Halifax and Polyframe Livingston factories.
“These sites were uneconomic to re-open and we were unable to raise funding in these difficult times to restart them.”
