Hull construction company collapsed amid £585,000 debt dispute, report shows

MORE THAN 60 JOBS WERE LOST WHEN KINGSTON MODULAR SYSTEMS CLOSED AFTER ALMOST 10 YEARS OF TRADING

- By COREENA FORD

A HULL company which closed down with more than 60 job losses collapsed after an unhappy client launched a legal bid and withheld more than £500,000.

Kingston Modular Systems, which traded for almost 10 years from its factory and offices at Sutton Fields Industrial Estate in Hull, tumbled into administration in September with 62 jobs lost, when an 11th-hour bid to save it fell through.

Founded in 2016 by directors Carl Galbraith and Kris Robinson when their former employer went into administration, the company made its name designing and making modular buildings and luxury park homes, for the healthcare, education and leisure sectors.

During the pandemic it also helped to lead the fight on coronavirus by delivering new hospital wards to the frontline, including the construction of a 28-bed Covid-19 ward which was sent to London in April 2020.