Grant Thornton has been appointed as administrator of Dawnus Group, after workers were called to meetings and sent home from sites yesterday.
The businesses affected by the administration are:
- Dawnus Group Limited
- Dawnus Construction Holdings Limited
- Dawnus Developments Limited
- Dawnus Southern Limited
- Churchfield Homes Limited
- Dawnus Limited
- Quantum Geotechnical Limited
- Ashbridge Construction Limited
- Legsun Limited
Dawnus’s international operations, Dawnus International Limited, Dawnus Sierra Leone Limited and Dawnus Liberia Limited are not affected.
Grant Thornton said the financial difficulties at the firm, which employs 700 people across six offices and 44 sites, stemmed “primarily from the downturn in the construction industry”.
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