Transport Scotland says Galliford Try job cuts 'not our fault'

By Will Ing2019-05-03T05:00:00

Contractor winding up Scottish infrastructure arm after poor weather saw it lose millions on bridge and bypass scheme

The client for two problems jobs which cost Galliford Try more than £100m denies holding any responsibility for the firm’s decision to make hundreds of job cuts.

Yesterday the contractor said it was going to shut down its Scottish infrastructure arm, adding: “It is a matter of record that for some time our business has sustained considerable losses on two major infrastructure projects within Scotland.”

Both jobs – the Queensferry Crossing and the Aberdeen bypass – were for Transport Scotland, the transport arm of the Scottish government.

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