Building work on Ledbury homes stops as firm collapses
Work on a major housing development in a Herefordshire town has stopped after the company building the homes collapsed into administration.
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Work on a major housing development in a Herefordshire town has stopped after the company building the homes collapsed into administration.
Work on a major housing development in Ledbury has stopped after the company building the homes went into administration.
More than 100 jobs have been lost after a construction group which was established in 1935 and worked on projects in Wales and the South West of England ceased trading.
Jehu Group has ceased trading after 87 years in business, with 104 staff made redundant. Directors of the contractor, headquartered in Bridgend, Wales,
The firm says its cash reserves were "decimated" by the pandemic, and inflation increased costs 25%.