McAlpine eyes savings of £30m as its prepares to furlough staff

By Dave Rogers2020-04-02T11:05:00

Firm forced to turn to government scheme as dozens of its sites stand idle because of coronavirus

Sir Robert McAlpine is eyeing salary savings of at least £30m over the next three months after telling its 2,000 staff it plans to furlough most of them because work has dried up.

According to its last report and accounts, McAlpine had a wage bill of just over £138m for its 2,100 staff in the year to October 2018.

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