Jobs on Teesside are at risk after one of the UK’s largest metals recycling firms headed for collapse.

Around 650 jobs are at risk nationwide after Unimetals Recycling filed for compulsory liquidation following failed efforts to find a buyer for the stricken business.

Unimetals, which is headquartered in Stratford-upon-Avon and operates 28 sites nationwide including at Windermere Road in Hartlepool, is expected to begin winding down imminently, with liquidation proceedings set to commence on Tuesday (November 25).

It follows several notices of intention to appoint administrators by the firm in recent weeks, with advisers from Alvarez & Marsal managing discussions with possible buyers, but they were unable to secure a sale.

A spokesperson said: “We have worked tirelessly to explore ever

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