Fifty jobs lost at Blight and Scoble

Blight & Scoble based in Devon, Buckfastleigh, has ceased trading, with 50 staff losing their jobs.

The contractor is set to go into formal liquidation at a creditors meeting on Wednesday.

It is not known how much the firm owes to creditors.

Insolvency specialist Bishop Fleming has been appointed to manage the liquidation process.

The firm was established in 1895.