Around 300 staff have lost their jobs after an Aberdeen paper mill suddenly entered into administration leaving the workforce ‘devastated’. Stoneywood is the last of its kind in the Grampian area after opening its doors 252 years ago and becoming the backbone of the community.
But the bustling mill has now fallen silent after staff were called to a last minute meeting and informed that their time at the mill had come to an end. Calum Mackay, who worked at the mill for 10 years, told Aberdeen Live how ‘everything came to a crashing end’ after workers were given the news on Thursday.
He said: "I'm devastated, I don't think there is any other word for it. Not only have I lost my job, which for someone with my skill set is a medium concern, there's a lot of older folk who aren't going to find it easy to find a job.
