Land Engineering (Scotland) went into administration in May

Edinburgh-based Land Engineering (Scotland) owed 拢7.2m to trade creditors when it went into administration earlier this year, according to a document filed by the firm鈥檚 administrator EY at Companies House.

The engineer owed HMRC 拢868,781 and large amounts to suppliers including construction recruiter The Shore Group and fleet company TOM Vehicle Rental, the Statement of Affairs document reported.

The contractor was also facing a potential fine from the Health and Safety Executive for a safety incident.

The civil engineering contractor posted revenue of 拢39.9m in its last audited accounts for the year ended 31 August 2015 and made a pre-tax loss of 拢192,000.

The directors said at the time that Land Engineering鈥檚 core market sectors had been 鈥渁ffected by the wider market downturn鈥� and that 鈥渢he company suffered losses across a small number of contracts鈥�.

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