GSL Scaffolding collapses leaving 50 staff out of work

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Grace Scaffolding Ltd. has been placed into administration leaving nearly 50 staff out of work.

The north west company was established over 10 years ago and employed around 48 staff that operated from its head office in Salford and its other branches in Preston, Wirrall and Blackpool.

GSL operated a fleet of 40 vehicles with a huge stock of wholly owned scaffolding equipment that concentrated it’s business in social housing, private new-builds, commercial and industrial sectors. The company had a large number of clients that included Bullock Ltd., Lovell, The Gleeson Group Ltd. and Villa Homes.

A shareholder disagreement at the company is understood to have meant the business could not pays its debts which lead to the collapse.

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