The Latest Breaking News from Phil Donaldson

Scots hospitality guru who sacked Macmerry bar workers with no warning slammed as 'a coward'

Dundee-based hospitality boss Phil Donaldson laid off workers at the Abandon Ship Glasgow and London bars on Monday, less than two weeks after telling them their jobs were safe.

Daily Record · Jul 6, 2022

Abandon Ship employees made redundant after assurances jobs were safe

MORE than 20 people have been made redundant in two bars linked to the scandal-mired MacMerry300 company.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 4, 2022

Glasgow's Abandon Ship bar to close and staff made redundant with 'immediate effect'

Abandon Ship bar staff have been handed redundancy notices as the venue closes with 'immediate effect'. It comes just weeks after workers were given assurances that their jobs were safe.

Glasgow Live · Jul 4, 2022

Future of Scots pub firm Macmerry in doubt after HMRC asks courts to wind up company

Macmerry, which operates more than a dozen theme bars across Glasgow, Dundee and London, is the subject of a winding up petition that was filed at Dundee Sheriff Court on May 27.

Daily Record · Jun 21, 2022

Trendy Scots pub firm Macmerry 'falsely accused' union staff member of harassment

Ross Campbell, 27, says he was frogmarched out of the Abandon Ship Bar in Glasgow's Mitchell Street in February by Macmerry 300 Ltd's John Lynch after being suspended with no explanation.

Daily Record · Mar 30, 2022

MacMerry and Abandon Ship workers claim thousands missing from pension pots

The bar chain bosses have been accused of systematic mistreatment” of dozens of staff in Glasgow and Dundee, with claims of sexual harassment, Covid breaches and missing pay.

Daily Record · Feb 13, 2022