Written ByRobert Moore
Marketing Manager
Rob has over a decade of experience in web and general marketing. He has extensive knowledge of the Insolvency sector and has helped many worried directors with their questions.
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Specialised Management Services (SMS)-Alderley in Gorleston went into administration last week, and employees were informed that they had lost their jobs.
Established in 1999, the company manufactured equipment and supplied maintenance and installation services to the oil and gas industry, focussing in hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical control systems.
SMS is based at Starling House, off Lancelot Road, and has offices in Aberdeen and Bristol.
SMS was bought by its parent business, Alderley PLC, a multidisciplinary engineering organisation, in 2003.
Both Alderley Plc and Alderley Systems have gone into administration.
Alderley was established in 1989 and has locations in the United Kingdom, India, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.
Joint administrators were summoned on Wednesday, July 24.
Joint administrators were called in last week.
A letter sent from the joint administrators to SMS-Alderley staff read: “I regret to have to inform you that the company is no longer in a position to make payments to you for services rendered by you.
“As a result you should regard your contract of employment with the company as terminated with immediate effect.
“You should complete Redundancy Payments Service form RP1 online at www.gov.uk/claim-redundancy. This enables you to claim up to certain limits under the provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996 for arrears of pat, holiday pay, notice and redundancy pay.”
The letter continued: “Your claim for pay in lieu of notice is effectively a claim for breach of contract as circumstances prevented you from working your notice period with the company.
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