One of Galloway’s largest private sector employers has laid off almost its entire workforce of around 150.3b Construction said the “economic and financial consequences” of the coronavirus crisis were to blame.Staff were told on Friday they were being laid off without pay with immediate effect.It is unclear whether the company is taking up the government offer to pay 80 per cent of furloughed workers’ wages.One man, who asked not to be identified, told the News: “We were laid off without pay on the 25th.“There are boys that are panicking who are just living week to week.The Daily Record has launched our NHS Heroes campaign to thank the remarkable NHS staff who are on the front lines of this coronavirus emergency.