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The Official Receiver provides an update on employment within the Carillion group in liquidation.

A spokesperson for the Official Receiver said:

Over the past week one employee has transferred to a new supplier and regrettably 29 staff who mostly worked in central functions have been made redundant and will leave the business later this week. They will be provided with every support to find new work by Jobcentre Plus’ Rapid Response Service.

Discussions continue with potential purchasers for Carillion’s remaining contracts and with staff, elected employee representatives and unions as these arrangements are confirmed.

Further information:

• in total, to date 11,638 jobs (64% of the pre-liquidation workforce) have been saved and 2,332 (13%) jobs have been made redundant through the liquidation
• a further 1,116 employees (6%) have left the business during the liquidation through finding new work, retirement or for other reasons
• this information does not include jobs attached to contracts where an intention to purchase has been entered into but has not yet formally occurred
• just over 3,000 employees are currently retained to enable Carillion to deliver the remaining services it is providing for public and private sector customers until decisions are taken to transfer or cease these contracts
• further information about rights in redundancy is available on gov.uk