Roofing giant Avonside goes into administration

The UK’s largest roofing contractor has fallen into administration.
Begbies Traynor is now in charge of Avonside Group Services which employs 465 people and installs more than 17,000 roofs a year for house builders via its 39-strong branch network across the UK.
The administrators have managed to sell nine roofing branches saving 79 jobs and are hoping to find a buyer for Avonside’s energy division which is continuing to trade.The remaining roofing operations and Avonside’s plu