29 May 2010, Hawick – Scottish borders knitwear manufacturer
Peter Scott & Company went into administration yesterday leaving 150 jobs
at risk. The company has been a key employer in Hawick, Scotland’s high quality
knitwear manufacturing centre, for more than 130 years.
Staff are reported to have been told to leave the Hawick
factory with immediate effect, in another blow for the troubled textile
industry in the Borders. Earlier this year 132 jobs were lost at JJ & HB
1788 Cashmere Mills in Innerleithen, near Peebles.
Member for Scottish Parliament , John Lamont, who represents
Roxburgh and Berwickshire in the Scottish borders region, told Scotland’s leading
newspaper the Daily Record: "This is absolutely devastating news for
Hawick. The Peter Scott name is known around the world and has been a major
employer in Hawick for 130 years. My first concern is for the 150 staff at the
firm who will be facing huge uncertainty this morning.” Mr Lamont pledged to
help those likely to be affected.
In September last year Peter Scott, famous for its stag logo,
reported that it had clinched a multi-million pound deal with a German retailer
to put Peter Scott branding on its clothing. However, rumours have abounded
that the deal soured and that company has been recently struggling.
The company which manufactures classic men’s and women’s
luxury knitwear, including golf wear, teamed up with golfer Colin Montgomerie
in 2008 to design his own clothing range.
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