Staff of Shaws the Drapers, the chain of shops that announced it was going into voluntary liquidation after 110 years in business, have spoken of their 'anger and hurt' at how the closure was handled. Staff were notified of the closure in a letter sent out on the morning of December 27 after being told earlier in December that the company would be looking at changes to keep the business afloat.
One shop manager who was provided with what she described as a generic two-paragraph reference after working for the company for almost 20 years said she was "not angry at [the owners]," but "hurt" at how the closure was handled. Vicki Tarr was manager of the Wellfield Road, Cardiff, branch when it closed, and was assistant manager before that.
She said: "Since the summer, they’ve just been reducing stock and not ordering anything. Then the last two weeks, we’ve had to reduce everything - a closing-down sale, but they wouldn’t say it. We kept asking and they wouldn’t tell us." You can get more local news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
