Administrations

An employment tribunal has awarded more than 30 former employees of a collapsed contractor 90 days’ pay. In a judgment published on Tuesday (17 February), Employment Judge Dawson ruled that 31 people employed by Acheson Construction should each receive payouts after the firm failed to consult with them before going…

Jerram Falkus Construction Ltd has announced it is going into administration. The London-based family firm filed on Tuesday (17 February) a notice of appointment to appoint an administrator. Founded in 1884 by James William Jerram, the contractor specialised in new-build and refurbishment projects across different sectors in London and south-east England.…

A major envelope specialist and two of its subsidiaries have gone into administration, citing “inflationary pressures” and challenges post-Covid. BTG, formerly known as Begbies Traynor Group, announced on Tuesday that two of its staff have been appointed as administrators for holding company FK Group Ltd plus FK Construction Ltd and…

More construction firms collapsed in 2025 than in any other sector, Insolvency Service (IS) figures show. Almost 4,000 (3,931) became insolvent last year, accounting for 17 per cent of all cases. It is the fourth year in a row that the sector has been the worst-affected industry for insolvency. Mark…

Liquidators for Squibb Group are still searching for £2.5m worth of plant and machinery, two years after the firm was wound up. A report from the liquidators, both from Interpath Advisory, said they had not found any more plant and machinery belonging to Squibb, a year after they first flagged…

Contractors seeking to do business with the City of Westminster will face more scrutiny and stricter safeguards following the collapse of Geoffrey Osborne. A report by the council’s Audit and Performance Committee on learning lessons from the firm’s demise said a number of robust measures had now been adopted. Geoffrey…

A former Merit job to build hospital facilities in York is at a standstill, three months after the contractor called in administrators. The £8m job to build a two-storey facility at York Hospital (pictured), including a new surgical theatre and MRI suite, went silent when Merit appointed administrators in November.…

A family-run modular business in Yorkshire that specialised in football projects has fallen into administration. Mockba Ltd – trading as Mockba Modular – called in administrators Carrie James and Simon Carvill-Biggs of Oury Clark, according to a notice on the official Gazette site last week. Ossett-based Mockba Modular was established…

A subcontractor that was owed a six-figure sum after the collapse of offsite firm Merit says it was pushed to the brink after payment dried up last year on an NHS hospital project. The firm’s director, who asked not to be named, spoke out about his experience after Construction News…

Envelope specialist FK Group Ltd and two of its subsidiaries have staved off administration for up to an additional two weeks after filing new court notices. Erroneous reports last month in trade, regional and national press outlets said that FK Group Ltd, FK Construction Ltd and FK Facades Ltd had…