Jobs saved in rescue of modular buildings firm

ADMINISTRATORS WERE APPOINTED BEFORE A SALE WAS AGREED

- By TOM KEIGHLEY

Thurston Group's Ottringham facility

(GOOGLE STREETVIEW)

NEARLY 50 East Yorkshire jobs have been secured as a buyer has stepped in to rescue modular buildings firm Thurston Group.

Industrial business group GCH Corporation Ltd which owns a number of companies in the manufacturing sector has stepped in to acquire Thurston Group in a so far undisclosed deal.

As well as its Wakefield head office, Thurston operated a facility at Catfoss and a six-acre factory near Ottringham, where it made modular accommodation for customers in the education, housing and healthcare sectors, among others.

Earlier this year it had rescued collapsed Hull firm Alsim System Building which was run out of Stockholm Road and provided cabins and temporary living quarters.