An environmental services firm operating across Yorkshire and the North East has gone into administration with the loss of 80 jobs.
Harpers Environmental ran centres in Billingham, York and Sheffield and administrators from RSM say they are working to find alternative providers for customers of its waste management, cleaning and emergency spill response services. All work - including by Harpers' sub contractors - has ceased.
The latest accounts for the loss making firm show turnover fell considerably in the year to the end of March 2021, from £9.7m to £6.9m. Despite describing challenging trading conditions on the back of the pandemic, at the time, Harpers referred to an uplift in work since the financial year end and said it was well placed to capitalise on a stronger market going into 2022.
