FK Group firms went down owing more than £19m

FK Group owed more than £19m to trade creditors when it went under in February, administrators have revealed. Newly published reports related to FK Construction and FK Facades show that the former owed around £1m to trade creditors, while the latter owed £18.1m. Insolvency specialist… The post FK Group firms went down owing more than £19m appeared first on Construction News.

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