The firm ceased trading last month with the loss of 57 jobs but subcontractors  have been left in the dark for days about who to contact about their unpaid invoices.

The Enquirer can now confirm that Begbies Traynor officially took control last week of TEPE Group firms Working Environments Ltd ,The Environmental & Process Engineering Group Ltd, Protective Environments Ltd and Maintaining Environments Ltd.

The company had been trading successfully for 47 years and latest results for the year to September 30 2021 show a turnover of £36.3m generating a pre-tax profit of £1.4m.

But the group has been hit by rising costs across the supply chain and a payment dispute on a major job with Willmott Dixon Interiors on the £40m Brindley Place office block refurbishment project in Birmingham.