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Forbes urges H&M to avoid redundancies with Edinburgh call centre closure

They also estimated around 200 employees are at risk.

One worker also told BBC News that staff feared their jobs would be outsourced abroad.

Ms Forbes – the Scottish government’s economy secretary – is understood to have met H&M management on Monday to discuss the situation, where she asked them to consider all options before going ahead with any job cuts.

A Scottish government spokeswoman said: “This is a concerning time for employees and their families, who will be anxious about their jobs and livelihoods.

“The deputy first minister has spoken to H&M senior management and urged the company to consider all available options that could remove the need for redundancies.”

She added that the government’s Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) initiative would be offered to staff if the closure went ahead.

The H&M proposal will see a collective consultation meeting taking place in mid-September, with individual consultations following in October and November.

The office would then shut in the last week of November.


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