HOME care bosses have thanked the loyalty of their staff – admitting without them the business would have folded.

All Seasons Home Care hit cash flow problems in January, which left it unable to pay staff that month’s wages.

A number of stunned employees contacted the News & Star’s sister paper The Cumberland News to express their anger and fears after they were told at the end of January that would not be paid the following day.

Since then other staff members have stepped forward to praise All Seasons for its professionalism and honesty – and to offer their backing to bosses Nina Glarvey and Clair CORR Jones.

A statement from the women said: “Recent events have not been easy for any of us and we can’t thank our staff enough for their understanding and support.

“It’s because of the brilliant staff we have that we hold such an excellent reputation and have done over the last 10 years.

“This has been a major blip and we only want to continue to provide the quality service we have for so many years.”

They added: “Our staff are a credit to us and we can only apologise and thank them for their support.”

This thanks was echoed by a spokesman for All Seasons, who explained that the cash stream problem came about after “substantial creditors hadn’t paid in the time frame their contracts dictated”.

“The loyalty of the staff – who stayed with us even when we couldn’t pay them – kept the business going and the care to our clients,” he added.

“If 50 per cent of the workforce had said ‘we’re going’, we would have struggled, because it would have come to the point where we were giving back so much work it wasn’t fair.”

One staff member told the News & Star : “I have worked here for three years and consider this ‘a bump in the road’.

“The company has been going for 10 years and I love working for them and love my clients to whom I am committed.”

Another said: “I haven’t worked for the company for long, but it’s such a nice company to work for. I have come to a mutual agreement about when I will be paid my January wage and I believe their word.”

The company confirms that it had in the region of 150 clients, of whom 11 were handed over to alternative providers.

“About half of those were going elsewhere this month anyway,” the spokesman added. “So they were just transferred two weeks early.”

All staff will be paid as normal this month.