By Bruce Robbins

STAFF AT specialist Dundee demolition company Trojan Ltd last night claimed that it has gone into receivership with the loss of more than 20 jobs.

The news was apparently broken to a stunned workforce at the company’s North Isla Street premises yesterday by managing director Graham Moore.

Mr Moore was said to be accompanied by two bank employees who went on to tell the assembled staff how they could go about claiming any money that was due to them.

Efforts to contact Mr Moore were unsuccessful with a member of staff saying he was in a meeting with the receivers.

One member of staff said there had been signs that Trojan was struggling but the announcement had still come as a shock.

He said, “It’s been on the cards for some time. Until last week we were getting our wages and then they stopped. Graham Moore came to see us with the two bank guys at 2pm and that was it. A lot of people weren’t very happy. The guys who have been here for a long time stand to lose a lot of money.”

It was claimed that six jobs will go in the company’s DIY department and the rest in the demolition and administration departments.

Trojan, a family-run and owned business, was started in 1964 by Dundee businessman and ex-Lord Provost Tom Moore. It is one of the main demolition companies in Scotland and has been responsible for knocking down many prominent buildings in Dundee including mills and churches.

It specialises in the removal and site clearance of dangerous materials such as asbestos working on sites from Edinburgh to Inverness.

Its North Isla Street yard has a DIY outlet which sold timber and ironmongery and architectural salvage.