Scottish mobile crane hirer collapses

Scottish crane hirer Whyte Crane Services has appointed an administrator after directors decided to cease trading.
The business was first established in 1983 and traded from offices in Aberdeen and Grangemouth, operating a mobile fleet of nearly 30 mobile cranes of varied capacity from 40t to 750t.
Around 38 staff are being made redundant.
It is the fourth crane hirer to sink into administration this year blaming the financial impact of Covid lockdown and fierce hire competition.Despite attempts