Time called on Quarmby Construction

According to local reports, the Ilkley-based construction firm, which employs greater than 30 staff, is set to nominate an administrator to finally end up the business

Owners, including Leeds-based property business St James Securities Holdings, have decided the business is not any longer viable

Roger Quarmby, the founder and chairman of Quarmby Construction, told thebusinessdesk.com: “This is an extremely sad day for everybody taken with the corporate, founded over 40 years ago. There’s unfortunately no alternative but to go into administration.”

Mr Quarmby, a civil engineer, founded Quarmby Construction in 1972. He then founded St James Securities as a property developer in 1982.

Last summer Quarmby Construction managing director David Jones told the Wharfedale Gazette that the corporate was having some of the busiest periods in additional than two decades in Leeds, with projects including the restoration and redevelopment of the Grade II-listed Majestic Building, a former dance hall in City Square.