Jobs lost as electrical firm enters administration

A Leeds-based business which specialised in electrical installation services at schools and educational establishments has entered administration – with all 25 employees losing jobs.

Connect Up Electrical Limited, which traded from Barras Street, had operated since 2012 and ceased to trade prior to the joint administrators’ appointment. All 25 jobs were lost and the employees made redundant by the director of the company prior to the administration.

The directors sought financial advice from Yorkshire-based insolvency specialists, Wilson Field, following a slowdown in trade and loss of contracts.

Licensed insolvency practitioners Kelly Burton and Lisa Jane Hogg both of Wilson Field were appointed as joint administrators earlier this month.

Burton said: “The company operated in a niche area, undertaking electrical installations at schools and offering technical support. When the business ran into cash flow problems, the directors sought advice but regrettably by that time options were very limited and the decision was made by the directors to cease trading making all 25 jobs redundant.

“An associated company is seeking appointment as a replacement subcontractor authorised by the joint administrators to ensure completion of a number of the outstanding contracts and the preservation of the applications, retentions and book debts due to the company under those contracts.”

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