Dundee travel firm to auction off 10 buses after closing
It has been reported that no formal liquidator or administrator has been named, and that drivers and mechanics with the now closed firm are still waiting for answers regarding unpaid wages, holiday entitlement, and redundancy settlements.
Fishers Tours has now put 10 of its coaches on the auction website Sweeney Kincaid, which is due to go live in June.
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Last Monday, drivers and mechanics were reportedly 'stunned' after they were informed that the company would cease trading on Friday, the same week.
Fishers Tours had several long-standing contracts with local councils, including transportation agreements to take pupils to and from schools in Dundee and Angus, and is one of the biggest private coach hire companies in the area.
According to The Courier, former staff at the firm were told pension payments had allegedly not been made by Fishers since the beginning of the year and that they were still waiting for answers regarding the company's liquidation.
'We're all still in limbo,' one driver told The Courier.
'We left on Friday with no paperwork and no replies to any of our emails asking for the information we need.
'This includes who the administrators are, what will happen to holidays and wages due, a letter of redundancy confirmation or pensions information.
'There are no case numbers yet, to apply for money owed. We were told there would be administrators by Tuesday morning. This hasn't happened.
'Now there are more than 20 lads all panicking. It's an absolute joke.
'All the buses were removed from the yard on Monday.
'How long do we have to wait? It's an absolute shambles.'
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