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Scunthorpe engineering outfit in administration

Scunthorpe-based Hawksley Engineering has been placed into administration, putting nine jobs at threat.

The Gunness-based firm has suffered the loss of a major customer, compounded by “difficult trading conditions.”

Joint administrators, Andrew MacKenzie and Robert Maxwell, of Begbies Traynor have been appointed by the court, and will now seek a buyer for the business.

Andrew MacKenzie, said: “Unfortunately Hawksley Engineering has suffered from the devastating effects of the economic downturn and the loss of a major customer, which has resulted in the business being put into administration. We are hopeful that the company can be sold as a going concern, safeguarding as many jobs as possible.”

“We are currently talking to a number of interested parties and hope to secure a buyer for the business and its assets, which include plant and machinery as well as 3.5 acres of land and buildings in Scunthorpe.”

Hawksley has been trading since 1972, and provides structural and mechanical engineering projects for a range of clients in the farming, marine and civil engineering industries.

The company has a turnover of approximately £500,000, and employs nine staff at its Gunness plant.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .