AN URGENT meeting between Ascensos in Stranraer and one of the area’s MSPs will take place in the coming days, after it was revealed that employees are at risk of redundancy.
As many as 23 employees at the customer services outsourcing firm are at risk of losing their jobs.
It was in 2021 that the Motherwell-based firm opened the ‘community-focused’ hub in the town, which works with brands such as B&Q, KFC and Peloton, as part of a £1 million investment.
However, Ascensos chief executive John Devlin has now confirmed the firm is “migrating back to a hybrid-office based model at its Motherwell office.”
Galloway and West MSP Finlay Carson is scheduled to meet with Mr Devlin in the coming days to discussion the situation and yesterday he said: “The loss of any job in Stranraer is naturally concerning, far less the impact of 23 jobs potentially going is not good at all.
“I am pleased that the company is willing to sit down and discuss the situation to see if anything can be done to save the Stranraer base.”
