London City Bond: warehouse roof collapse update

Published: 14 January, 2011

London City Bond says it hopes to have removed all stock from its ruined Purfleet warehouse by the end of January.

London City Bond says it hopes to have removed all stock from its ruined Purfleet warehouse by the end of January.

The company says it is still not in a position to assess the full extent of the damage, caused in December when the roof collapsed.

Most of the stock has been moved to a separate warehouse. Managing director Alf Allington said some stock was in an area which remained inaccessible.

"At present we do not have a figure and I would not wish to guess until all the facts are known towards the end of the month," he said.

"There is no truth in the rumour that asbestos was found which delayed the salvage work. The repair and rebuilding works on the site is a matter for the landlord and at present we have no information on what their plans are."

Allington said all customers were being kept informed of progress.

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