Jobs could go at engineering firm

The company had recently had an average turnover of £5m a year

An engineering firm in Hereford has gone into administration putting 50 jobs at risk.

The directors of Wrayram Engineers Limited said a lack of orders and uncertainty about the future had forced them to call in the administrators.

The company, which had recently had an average turnover of £5m a year, said it had enjoyed a record profit in the first six months of 2008.

However, sales fell dramatically over the second half of the year.

The firm, which makes cylinders on the Rotherwas Industrial Estate, employs a total of 50 staff, some of who have already been made redundant.