Around a quarter go at collapsed steelwork firm
Administrators at stricken steelwork contractor Cleveland Bridge have axed around one quarter of staff at the firm.
FRP Advisory said 53 roles at the Darlington-based business had gone 鈥渇or operational and financial reasons鈥�. It added the majority were office-based jobs.
It said around 25 staff members were on site helping administrators get some limited production back up and running 鈥� which FRP is hoping to do later this week.
The remaining 128 roles have been furloughed as part of the government鈥檚 Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme initiative pending, it said, the intended restart of production. A small handful of staff have also left voluntarily, FRP added.
FRP said it was in talks about the business with 鈥渋nterested parties鈥� and partner Martyn Pullin added: 鈥淲e remain focused on restarting production to support clients with live project work while pushing forward ongoing talks with interested parties.鈥�
Cleveland Bridge, which was founded in 1877, collapsed into administration last month.
The company, which has been majority owned by Saudi Arabian Al Rushaid Group since 2002, reported a 拢457,000 pre-tax loss in its last set of accounts for the year to December 2019 on turnover up 30% to 拢48m.
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