Uncertainty for hundreds of staff as shipyard owner prepares for administration
The owner of the Appledore Shipyard is to go into administration, creating uncertainty for around 200 staff in Devon.
Harland and Wolff employs 1,300 across the group, which is dominated by its Belfast shipyard where the Titanic was famously built. It also has sites in Methil and Arnish in Scotland.
The group may now see a break-up of its own as it prepares to appoint administrators for the second time in five years.
The shipyards will continue to operate while administrators from Teneo seek a buyer.
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