Leicester-based Warmsley Services Ltd, founded by Gary Cleaver in 2003, specialised in mechanical and electrical contracts for local authorities and did a lot of work for Leicester City Council schoos. The company had steady growth, averaging 32.5% a year up to 2008.
In 2009 Real Business magazine named the company the 94th fastest growing private company in the country that year.
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Mark Bowen of Birmingham-based MB Insolvency was appointed administrator on 19 January 2011.
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