A Dumfries business owner said he had to lay off staff to safeguard their future.Hetland Garden Centre owner David Wilson said a drop in trade due to the coronavirus outbreak at what should have been a peak time has hit his operation hard.He also had to close the popular soft play facility at the site due to public health advice.And the combined effect has left him facing a staff surplus.Around 18 of his 30 workers are now on gardening leave until the crisis calms down.Gutted David said: “The staff are still employed.
We have laid them off, not paid them off.“We can’t really have the soft play open so there are staff who work there.“They still have their jobs but we are doing everything we can to try to save the business so that in two or
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