SCOTTISH brewer BrewDog has sparked union fury after it told workers it will ditch its commitment to the Real Living Wage.

The craft beer giant, founded in 2007 in Fraserburgh by James Watt and Martin Dickie, has made hundreds of millions of pounds as it grew rapidly at home and abroad.

Now citing a “trading loss” over the last year, the company has written to workers to informing them it plans to abandon the Real Living Wage.

The impact will mean that workers who had expected their wages to rise by 10 per cent (from £10.90 to £12) in April will now see just a 4.95 per cent rise as wages align with the government’s figure of £11.44, and the Real Living Wage will be ditched for new entrants with immediate effect.

Unite Hospitality organiser Bryan Simpson vowed to fight the plans. He said: “For BrewDog to be effectively getting rid of the Real Living Wage during one of the most acute cost-of-living crises that we’ve seen in a generation is not just morally repugnant, it’s a potentially unlawful breach of contract.

“We would regard this as a fundamental terms and conditions change for which you must consult your workforce, and quite clearly BrewDog senior management have not done that.

“As the union representing hundreds of members across Brewdog, we in Unite Hospitality will be doing everything we can to collectively challenge this horrendous decision and to ensure the company does the right thing and bring back the Real Living Wage for its hardworking staff.”

A BrewDog spokesperson said: “We have always been fully committed to doing the best we can for our people, and our benefits package is far more generous than the industry average.”