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Maguire staff axed after business foLds

25th February 2010, Page 8
25th February 2010
Page 8
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CONTAINER HAULIER Maguire Trading has been forced to call in administrators because of rising fuel costs and customers not paying their invoices on time.

The Knowsley, Liverpool-based family firm appointed Milner Boardman & Partners as administrator on 11 February. All 11 staff were made redundant, of which nine were HGV drivers.

Joint administrator Darren Brookes tells CM: "The reason for the business failing was rising fuel costs combined with a lack of funding and little help from the bank. There was also the issue of customers taking longer to pay, which left the firm in a had position."

Although the administrator would not give a precise total of how much is owed to creditors, Brookes did, however, reveal that it is a sixfigure sum.