Professional Concrete Pumping has ceased trading and will not be sending any further machines to sites across the UK

One of the UK鈥檚 biggest concrete pumping firms, Professional Concrete Pumping, has ceased trading

The firm stopped trading yesterday and has told customers no machines will be going to site and no new orders can be placed.

The firm, originally known as Pochin Concrete Pumping until it was sold in a 鈥渄istressed sale鈥 in July 2012, describes itself as the only concrete pumping company with national coverage.

Jobs the firm was working on include Skanska鈥檚 拢191m M1 junction 19 improvement project, where it was supplying all mobile and static concrete pumps.

In its latest set of accounts filed at Companies House, for the year to 31 May 2013, Professional Concrete Pumping Limited reported a pre-tax loss of 拢1.2m on revenue of 拢8.1m.

It also reported net liabilities of 拢50,742.

Writing in the accounts, which were filed in March 2014, the firm鈥檚 auditor said there was 鈥渕aterial uncertainty鈥 that the firm could continue as 鈥渁 going concern鈥.