200 jobs at risk as Leicestershire transport firm enters administration

Widdowson Logistics, the firm which bought Leicestershire haulage firm AM Widdowson & Son out of administration in a pre-pack deal last July, has slipped into administration itself.

Leonard Curtis have been appointed to look after the day-to-day running of the Glenfield firm. Details of any job losses or a sale of the business are yet to emerge.

AM Widdowson & Son slipped into administration on July 6, 2016 after falling into arrears on a CVA since July last year after agreeing to pay creditors 36p in the pound in a payment schedule stretching to 2020.

A letter to creditors from administrator Leonard Curtis said that HMRC wanted to take enforcement action to wind up AM Widdowson and Son, so administration was sought to protect the business and assets.

The firm was sold on the same day it went into administration for £2.5m in a pre-pack deal to Widdowson Logistics which has one director named as Damion Davis.

All 220 employees were transferred to the new business under TUPE regulations. The firm runs 115 lorries from two depots in Leicester.