Scottish civil engineering group WJ Harte has become the latest casualty of the recession, going into administration with the loss of 500 jobs.
All 722 staff at the South Lanarkshire construction firm have been sent home, but more than 200 of them will be recalled to complete work on the order book, reported Construction News.
Sister firm RJT Pennant has also been placed in administration.
The companies are the main parts of the Harte Construction Group, which has been operating since 1974, and undertook civil engineering and groundworks projects across Scotland. A separate company, RJT Excavations Limited, is not a part of the process. Accountants and business advisers PKF have been appointed to both companies.
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