Auction of bankrupt County Antrim haulage company fleet
Published December 18th, 2007
The vehicles of a County Antrim haulage company, which went bankrupt with the loss of 200 jobs, are being sold.
Reid Transport Ltd called in PricewaterhouseCoopers to act as administrators last month after attempts to sell the company failed.
The firm’s fleet of more than 50 lorries and trucks will be sold at public auction on Tuesday.
Following some controversy, staff who lost their jobs have now received money they were owed in unpaid wages.
Workers blockaded the company’s Cloughmills headquarters last month over fears they would not be paid.
The dispute was brought to an end when PricewaterhouseCoopers said the 200 staff would get the money before Christmas.
A spokesperson for the ex-employees said on Monday they had been paid.
Police have also been called in to investigate employment practices at the company after a 14-year-old boy said he had worked night shifts at the company’s Cloughmills headquarters.
