Carillion: CESA moves to protect members

"The liquidation of Carillion plc could have a huge impact on the Foodservice equipment community," Glenn Roberts, CESA chair, said today. CESA will be lobbying government and, at the earliest opportunity, we will discuss the matter with the administrator in order to try to minimise the negative effects on the supply chain.

Given the number of high profile projects that are at various stages of completion, the operational issues relating to existing contracts, and the equipment service agreements, it is vital that the interests of CESA members are protected.  They find themselves involved in this situation through no fault of their own, and it will be unfair if their businesses and employees are adversely affected as a result. We are tracking developments very closely.

This is a sorry state of affairs that seems to have been caused by an overwhelming drive to reduce costs to an unsustainable level.  For example, there has been next to no input on equipment energy efficiency and life-cycle costs.