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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Harsco closes scaffolding business in Jersey

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Harsco Scaffolding

Harsco Infrastructure have today announced the the company will be closing its Jersey scaffolding division with the loss of 17 jobs. 

The BBC have reported that the company is closing its Jersey scaffolding department because the firm needed to “refocus its activities”.

Jon Herbert from Harsco Infrastructure said:  “The 17 redundancies will be made on a phased basis as current ongoing contracts draw to a close”.

He also added the scaffolding firms equipment hire and sales business in the Channel Islands would trade as normal.

Jon said:  “We are proud to have a long term presence on the Channel Islands and the business is committed to supporting this market in the future.”

By Daniel Norton

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