43 jobs axed as Carlisle steelwork firm collapses

Carlisle-based Border Steelwork Structures (BSS) has fallen into administration with the loss of 43 jobs.
Founded 45 years ago, the £9m turnover firm specialised in structural steelwork and steel cladding, operating out of offices in Annan and Carlisle.
Administrators from FRP Advisory said BSS had faced ‘unsustainable financial and cash flow problems stemming from a marked downturn in contracts and rising operational costs’.The firm has ceased trading and the joint administrat