Jobs go at cabling contractor Murphy
A CABLING company with regional bases in Manchester, Stanlow and Penrith has been placed into administration.
Some 293 jobs at Murphy, which is has its head office in London, and lays underground cables for utility companies, have been cut nationally. Among those affected are 24 staff at Murphy (Manchester) in Audenshaw.
Deloitte is handling the insolvency. Joint administrator Nick Edwards said: “The company has suffered a prolonged period of difficult trading which has resulted in it being unable to meet its financial obligations.
“Regrettably, owing to the nature of the services provided by the business and the investment required to continue to trade, there is no other option but to announce these redundancies at this time. We have sought to retain a number of employees for the present time to assist the administrators with an orderly wind down and sale of Murphy’s business and assets.”
Deloitte said the wider group including Clear Route Utility Services, Northern Reliable Industrial Services and Reliable Construction are not in administration and continue to trade as normal.
