Caldwell Construction collapses into administration

Groundworks and civils contractor Caldwell Construction has formally entered administration after mounting cashflow pressures proved too severe to overcome.
The Stoke-on-Trent and Warrington-based groundworks specialist employed more than 400 staff and subbies working on housing sites across the Midlands and North West  delivering £58m revenue for the year to March 2025.
Administrators from PKF Littlejohn Advisory UK LLP were appointed today after attempts to stabilise the company&rsq