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Protests at debt promises
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• Subcontractors owed thousands of pounds by an Aberdeen-based firm have hit back at Its boss's claim that he "always pays everybody that Is due to get paid'.
Last week, CM revealed that several hauliers were owed money by Scottish firm Rh L and that legal action was pending. Director Jim Clarke promised that subcontractors would get paid and insisted that the firm was still operating (CM 14-20 August).
At the time, we were unable to contact any of the subcontractors, mostly owner-drivers, involved in the case. However this week CM
has been inundated with calls—all telling similar stories of unpaid invoices and silence on BTUs part—despite countless faxes and phonecalls pleading for Information.
One, who declines to be named, says he Is owed about £14,000 by RU. "I started with them last year," he explains. "But as soon as payment stopped, I left.
"We've done the work and now we want paying for it. It's made a hell of a difference to our business."
Another, who is struggling with a massive £16,000 debt, adds: "I bumped Into Jim Clarke when were loading at the same factory and he told me we'd all get paid. The work was good until the payments started slowing down; now I'm owed money from March or April."
Clarke blames the payment problems on the fact that subbies have not returned pallets, leading to his customer withholding payment. He was unable to explain why callers had received no response from the firm.