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An employee of postal firm Whistl says he saw "grown men crying" after learning the firm had been suspended. The move comes after potential investor LDC, a division of Lloyds Banking group, decided not to fund the firm's expansion plans, last month. Druid Brigantes said many workers had previously been long-term unemployed, so the suspension was a "double whammy". "I myself was unemployed for 18 months before I was taken on by Whistl," he said. Asked if the suspension of its door-to-door service in London, Manchester and Liverpool was a shock, Mr Brigantes said: "It was a bolt out of the blue... We couldn't see how the business could have failed." Whistl, formerly known as TNT post, is to begin consultations with employees - many of whom are on zero-hours contracts - affected by the suspension. The firm said it would continue to provide a service but Royal Mail would deliver the "final mile". This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Tuesday 12 May 2015.