KidCare, a not-for-profit organisation whose parent company is the charity OnePlus, announced its liquidation and shut down all its facilities at 6pm on 4 December. These included a creche at the Scottish Parliament and nurseries at Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities. At 3.30pm, 75 members of staff were informed that they would have no jobs to come to the following day.
Many parents were dismayed because their monthly direct debit was paid out on Friday 1 December. One parent said, 'Kidcare waited until all the parents had paid by direct debit before closing. We are unlikely to be refunded. The company must have had financial problems for some time but they gave us no warning, took our money, and gave us no chance of making alternative arrangements. It's no way to treat people at any time of year, let alone Christmas.'
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