黑洞社区

Drinks giant Diageo has quickly moved to open discussions with new contractors after major development work was hit by the closure of failed construction firm Rok鈥檚 Scottish division.

Administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers yesterday announced the closure of both the Scottish division and the maintenance and improvements division after failing to secure a buyer.

Diageo, which had contracted Rok to work on a number of projects including the construction of an 拢86m bottling plant in Leven, Fife and a 拢65m bio-energy plant at its Cameronbridge Distillery said its priority was to restart work at its sites as quickly as possible.

A spokesman said: 鈥淲e been putting contingency plans in place and in light of the developments we have already begun preliminary discussions with potential new contractors to take on the work, subject to concluding the necessary processes with the administrator.鈥�

He added: 鈥淲e will progress this as a matter of urgency and recommence work as soon as possible.鈥�

黑洞社区 yesterday reported that all of Rok was likely to shut after administrators failed to force a sale of the whole business. A decision on the fate of the remaining social housing business is expected to be announced imminently.