The Northumberland Gazette has reported that A Cramlington-based construction company has taken action to “protect the position of the business” after a winding-up petition from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Merit Group Services Limited has filed a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators, saying the petition caused project delays and “significant additional pressure” on cashflow, though it remains “confident that a solution to this difficult situation can be found.”
The company heads a group of 16, including Merit Holdings, which is working with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on the £35m Berwick Community Hospital and a medicines manufacturing unit at Seaton Delaval. Some of the hospital units have been…