Carillion

An investigation into the financial wrongdoings at Carillion could still take months to conclude despite making “good progress”, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has reported. A team of lawyers and forensic accountants from the watchdog is investigating KPMG’s audit of Carillion from 2014

A further 129 former Carillion staff have secured ongoing employment by transferring to new suppliers, the Official Receiver has confirmed. The announcement brings the number of jobs saved to 11,618 since the company’s collapse in January.

(from left) Nathan Watson, Sam Clark, Jim Johnstone (community skills manager at Morrison Construction), Tommy Easton (managing director at VQ Construction), Manpreet Singh and Ryan Cochrane VQ Construction has hired four apprentices from the collapsed Carillion business after a call was put out by

A further 357 jobs have been saved following the collapse of construction and facilities management firm Carillion, taking the total to 11,450. However, a further 36 roles have been lost.

Derek Forsyth Scotland’s construction industry is facing an unprecedented sequence of problems that are likely to trigger further business failures, particularly amongst smaller supply chain contractors, an independent accountant has warned.

Seven building engineering apprentices have been swiftly re-employed after losing their jobs following the collapse of part of Vaughan Engineering. Fellow members of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) in Scotland have found positions for all of the apprentices after Vaughan was for

A further 97 employees have been made redundant following the collapse of Carillion, taking the total to more than 1,800. The Official Receiver said it has been unable to find ongoing employment for the employees but added that a further 873 jobs have been saved with employees transferring to new su

Powerlines Group has acquired the 50% stake held by Carillion in the joint venture Carillion Powerlines joint venture.

Around half of Carillion’s UK workforce of 18,000 employees have been saved since the construction and support services contractor went into liquidation in January, according to the Official Receiver. New suppliers have now taken on 9,073 Carillion workers, it said.

MPs investigating the collapse of Carillion have accused the company’s Board of being “focused on their own pay packets” at the expense of its perilous financial situation as it emerged that the firm had set out “highly restricted circumstances” in which bonuses could be clawed back from d

The expected opening of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) project has been deferred until Autumn 2018 – six months later than planned, economy secretary Keith Brown has confirmed. The consortium tasked with delivering the £745 million project Aberdeen Roads Limited (ARL) said the impac

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has commenced an investigation into the conduct of two former group finance directors at Carillion. The accounting watchdog said today that the investigation of both Richard Adam and Zafar Khan relates to the preparation and approval of financial statements rele

Workers on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) had to pay to £100 receive their wages in the wake of the collapse of Carillion, Scottish Labour has claimed.

Another 87 former workers have lost their jobs at collapsed construction giant Carillion, taking the total so far to almost 1,460. A spokesperson for the Official Receiver, which is the body handling the construction and services firm’s liquidation, said on Monday that a further 150 employees had

Frank Field MPs have slammed the former finance director of collapsed construction giant Carillion for “dumping” his shares in the troubled company at the “first possible moment”.