A PARCEL delivery firm has fallen into liquidation with all jobs lost after HMRC called for the company to be closed down.
Aberdeen-based Jaco Couriers Limited was placed into liquidation following a successful petition from HMRC for the company to be wound up.
Duncan Raggett, of AAB Business & Tax Advisory, was appointed as liquidator after a petition was presented to Aberdeen Sheriff Court by the Advocate General for Scotland in February.
Raggett told The Herald: “I am continuing with my statutory duties and investigations into the company’s assets and assisting the company’s employees with their statutory redundancy claims.”
Based in Burnbank Business Units, Souterhead Road, Jaco Couriers described itself as a same-day courier specialist which covered the Granite City along with the rest of the UK.
According to the most recent filings to Companies House, the business owed creditors £139,000 in 2024 and there were 10 staff.
HMRC said it does not comment on individual cases, but did say: “We take a supportive approach to dealing with customers who have tax debts and only file winding-up petitions once we’ve exhausted all other options, in order to protect taxpayers’ money.”
It comes after it was revealed that Scotland’s largest indoor shopping centre owed more than £114 million when it collapsed, including millions in unpaid tax.
East Kilbride Shopping Centre has been managed by administrators since its collapse in 2022, with those now managing the centre’s affairs trying to pay off millions of unpaid debt by selling the building.
However, a recent deal to sell the million-square-foot shopping centre has fallen through and a court has granted an extension to the administration of the South Lanarkshire retail centre until May 2027.
The court granted Administrator Interpath Advisory the extension in a bid to pay creditors.
The administrator also said: “Additionally, the court has granted authority to the joint administrators to pay the unsecured dividend distribution.”
Recent documents showed that administrators plan to pay off the approximate £114m debt by ultimately selling the East Kilbride Shopping Centre.
The report also showed that interim dividends totalling £5.8m have been paid to senior lenders since the business fell into administration.
Administrators also noted that HMRC has been “repaid in full” to the tune of £2.3m.
