Swansea-based construction company Dawnus has gone into administration with the loss of hundreds of jobs.

Alistair Wardell, Matthew Richards and Phil Stephenson of Grant Thornton, have been appointed joint administrators to the near £200m turnover business, which directly employs 700.

The majority of staff have been made redundant with nine businesses in the group being put into administration.

The group's international businesses have not entered administration.

Mr Wardell, restructuring partner at Grant Thornton said: "The Dawnus Group has struggled with a wide variety of challenges and despite significant efforts to turn the business around, unfortunately it has not been possible to rescue the group.

"As a consequence, the future cash flows has meant that the business was not in a position to continue to operate, including completing existing work in progress.

"Whilst the financial difficulties of the group were not a consequence of Brexit, there is no doubt that Brexit uncertainty impacted the ability to rescue the business.”

Workers at projects in Swansea - including at the Kingsway - and Manchester downed tools this week after claims subcontractors had not been paid.

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The firm has been working on projects in Powys, Cardiff, Manchester, Swansea and other cities: The full list of projects we're aware of is here .

At the same time, contractors around Wales claim they are owed tens of thousands of pounds by Dawnus , putting jobs at risk in some cases. A firm in north Wales said it was owed nearly £150,000 by the international company, putting 10 jobs at risk.

The major international company is headquartered in Llansamlet but runs construction projects across the UK and overseas.

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