100 jobs lost as Tyneside builder Dorin collapses

Aaron Morby 13 years ago
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Newcastle builder Dorin Construction has gone into administration as a result of the downturn and winter freeze.

Toby Underwood and Ian Green of PricewaterhouseCoopers have been appointed joint administrators after the £16m turnover firm failed to renew its banking facilities.

Around 100 staff at the North East mid-market builder have been laid off with a few kept on to help with the administration.

The business was established 30-years ago and included mechanical and electrical plumbing outfit Gilwood Mast, and machinery and equipment hire business D&K Plant Hire.

Dorin managing director Richard Brown has separately launched D&K Hire Services and re-employed some staff from D&K Plant Hire.

The firm’s most recent accounts show that it made a pre-tax loss of £287,000 in the 12 months to June 30 2009, compared with a pre-tax profit of £304,000 in the previous year.

Brown told local newspaper The Journal: “I’m sad that we have had to put the business into administration, given that we had work in the pipeline.

“I have now set up a separate plant hire business and have re-employed 20 workers from D&K Plant Hire.”

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