Botched accounting system helped send roofing firm under

By Dave Rogers2022-09-23T06:00:00

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Lancashire firm Avonside owes unsecured creditors more than £17m

A flawed accounting system that staff couldn’t use properly and buying up too many firms led to the collapse of one of the country’s biggest roofing contractors, an administrators’ report has said.

Lancashire firm Avonside Roofing sank into administration earlier this month leaving unsecured creditors facing the prospect of not getting a penny back of their missing money which the report said amounts to more than £17m.

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