A family-run car dealer has closed down suddenly, leading to 24 staff members being made redundant just days before Christmas.
Blackdown Motor Company has been selling cars across Somerset for more than 50 years but has now ceased trading after facing ‘extremely challenging conditions’.
Records on Companies House show that an extraordinary resolution to wind up the company was passed at a general meeting of the firm’s members just two days before Christmas, on December 23.
The official appointment of a voluntary liquidator followed last week (Jan 7), with Sonia Baigent of Assist Business Consulting Ltd placed in charge of the process.
A statement of affairs published last Friday (Jan 10) reveals that the company closed with…
