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Yorkshire and The Humber; West Yorkshire; Bradford
Location of affected unit(s)
Bradford
Sector
Financial / Insurance/ Estate 68 - Real estate activities 68 - Real estate activities 68 - 68 - Real estate activities
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
23 January 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
Hammonds Support Systems, a Bradford-based conveyancing company, has made its 200 staff in Bradford redundant. The company went officially into administration on 23 January 2009 and the job losses were immediate, apart from a few employees who remained to assist the administrators. The cuts came after the failure of the administrators to find buyers for the business.
Sources
21 January 2009: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Hammonds Support Systems, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67928, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67928.