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HPL Prototypes Enters Administration With 65 Jobs Cut in Coventry

Employees are submitting claims to the Redundancy Payments Service for unpaid wages including overtime.

Overview

  • RSM UK has been appointed as joint administrators following what it described as a period of financial distress and economic uncertainty.
  • Companies House filings show the firm entered administration on March 3.
  • A source told the BBC that some staff went six weeks without pay and are still owed overtime from work over the Christmas period.
  • RSM said workers are making claims to recover wages and salary owed, including overtime, through the government scheme.
  • The Allesley-based company designs and builds concept and prototype vehicles and has worked with brands such as Aston Martin, Bentley and McLaren at its Art Deco site on the Windmill Industrial Estate.