Jobs lost as industrial services and waste management firm falls into administration

Harpers Environmental Ltd, which had traded for more than six decades, has gone into administration with about 80 jobs lost as a result.

Gareth Harris and Lee Lockwood of RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP have been appointed joint administrators of the business.

The company was an industrial services and waste management firm delivering a range of projects from its York and Teeside sites, with contracts predominantly in Yorkshire and the North East.

It was working on several sites and employed around 80 staff directly, alongside a number of sub-contractors. All work has ceased and employees have been informed that they are redundant. All employee claims will be dealt with by the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS).

Harris said: “Harpers Environmental Limited has been successfully trading for over 65 years and despite recently signing some large profitable contracts has been unable to address historic losses due to the pandemic and collect the cash required to continue trading.

“While we have sought a buyer for the business in a limited timeframe it has not proved possible to secure a going concern sale and sadly the directors have had no option but the shut the business down and appoint the joint administrators.

“We remain keen to discuss a sale of assets with any potential interested parties.

“The joint administrators and the directors are currently trying to work with customers to ensure a smooth handover of contracts to alternative providers.”