The collapse of Osborne: how covid, Truss, ‘market noise’ and failed rescue deals sent historic name under

By Dave Rogers2024-06-28T06:00:00

Administrator details painstaking and long-standing effort to keep business set up in 1966 alive

A rescue deal with a would-be white knight for failed contractor Geoffrey Osborne collapsed in April at the last minute with the historic firm then forced to announce on the same day it was going into administration, an update from the firm’s administrators has revealed.

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