Plant Hire firm enters liquidation despite nearly 50 years of trading

A well known Scottish plant hire firm has entered liquidation after near half a century of trade.
All jobs have been lost at a Fife based plant hire firm James Penman (Plant hire) Limited as it was put into liquidation despite trading nearly 50 years.
Thirty five members of staff have been made redundant at family-run James Penman Plant Hire in Kirkcaldy after joint provisional liquidators were appointed on Tuesday, March 5.
The company had been trading since being founded in 1974 by James Penma