Apropos Tectonic Limited (00731324): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2011-12-22
- Administrators
- David John Whitehouse, Steven Muncaster
- Administrators' firm
- Kroll
- Formerly
- Clear Span Limited
- Incorporated
- 1962-07-31
- Location
- Manchester
- Industry
- 4525
Why it went into administration
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
Apropos was originally a division of Hartley Botanic Limited, a market leader in the design and manufacture of greenhouses In the mid 1990s, a potential gap in the market was identified and as such, the business evolved to provide two product ranges, aluminium greenhouses and timber greenhouses
Apropos Tectonic Limited (In Administration) Report and Proposals to Creditors 14 February 2012
Apropos was launched to take advantage of new designs for the residential market The Company grew steadily and gradually increased tts market share By early 2009 the Company had outgrown Hartley Botanic Limited and it was therefore decided to sell this business In September 2009 following an MBO, Apropos became an independent company trading under tts own brand name
Administrators' statement of proposals (2012-02-21) · Companies House register