Bootle-based McGoff & Vickers traces it history back to 1925 and ranks as one of longest established building services contractors on Merseyside.

The £10m turnover business is understood to have employed up to 100 staff who have been laid off by administrators Kirker & Co.

MGV expanded rapidly in recent years opening an office in London and moving into the specialist security and fire systems sector to lift workloads.

The firm built up a track record in London on healthcare jobs for the Royal Free Hospital, Royal Marsden and BUPA.