Employees Made Redundant After Northlands Creative In Lybster Goes Into Liquidation

24th August 2023

The company blamed soaring costs and difficulty finding workers in the area.

Six people have lost their jobs after a glass-making business in the Highlands went into liquidation.

North Lands Creative Glass, based in Lybster in Caithness, was started in 1995 to "stimulate the growing interest in the possibilities of glass as an art form and provide cultural activities to the community of Caithness and across Scotland".

But the firm, which has been operating at a loss for several years, said it was increasingly battling soaring costs alongside a difficulty in recruiting workers in the area.

On Tuesday, Blair Nimmo and Geoff Jacobs from Interpath Advisory were called in as joint liquidators.

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