The Merseyside firm behind Liverpool Gin and Whitley Neill has announced it will force redundancies and close an entire site as a result of Coronavirus.
Halewood Wines & Spirits has announced that they had been hit hard financially by the Covid-19 virus and a result they would be closing their Miami office as well as downsizing their operations in Australia.
It is understood that senior members of staff would also be asked to take a significant pay cut.
It is not yet clear how the proposals will affect the Mersyside and Huyton sites that the company currently operates.
Group CEO Stewart Hainsworth said “As a business, Halewood Wines and Spirits remains committed to its successful strategy of building a range of artisanal spirits brands with strong provenance.
“However, like many companies, we’ve been hit very hard financially by the impact of Covid-19.
“We’ve lost important sales revenue from bars, restaurants and pubs across the UK and the duty-free trade, while also experiencing a sizeable downturn in export sales.
“We’ve taken immediate steps to safeguard jobs and attempt to secure the long-term future of a business founded over 40 years ago.
“Senior management are taking significant pay cuts and operations have been adjusted to reduce working hours and overheads.”
Regrettably the Covid-19 outbreak does mean we are introducing a scheme of voluntary redundancies and the closure of some sites.
“This includes closure of our operations in the US and downsizing our Australian business.
“We are looking at Government measures to attempt to minimise the financial disruption caused by Covid-19 and will continue to take any steps we can to protect jobs and help steer the company through this difficult and uncertain period.”