BBC Three’s docuseries  Brickies ran for two seasons from 2022/23 following the lives of young recruits at Hodgkinson Builders.

But now the Derby based contractor has filed an administration notice.

Hodgkinson Builders was founded in 1990 and began as a small family run bricklaying business specialising in commercial brickwork projects.

The company has progressed into the new build residential housing sector and now also works with a range of registered affordable housing providers to provide homes.

Founder and managing director Ian Hodgkinson is also a project manager on BBC One’s DIY SOS.

A spokesperson for Hodgkinson Builders said:”Due to the construction inflation over the last few years, the rising cost of living and the resulting financial pressures on construction businesses such as ourselves, we have taken the very difficult decision to close our Social House Building division.

“We have taken the difficult decision to close the division before more costs are accrued from the  subcontractors and suppliers who we value most highly.

“Despite the previous Government directives for housing associations to engage smaller contractors and developers, there is a clear lack of support for such contractors in practice, and the current situation has impacted us and those we work with massively.

“We want to emphasise that the Hodgkinson contracting brickwork division remains completely separate and unaffected by this closure. Business operations in that division will continue as usual.”