65 jobs at risk as Wolverhampton-based construction industry supplier goes into administration after 'prolonged period of trading pressure'
A Wolverhampton-based leading supplier to the construction industry has gone into administration with the 65-strong workforce left facing an uncertain future.
Total Construction Supplies, based at Pinnacle Point, at Fordhouses, has confirmed the news - citing a period of prolonged trading pressure.
The business, an independent supplier of specialist solutions to the construction industry, employs 65 people.
It’s understood that 13 workers have already left the firm which has confirmed around 10 redundancies are anticipated, with the remaining staff expected to be retained in positions across Total Group - the parent company of Total Construction Supplies.
The other three companies that form part of the group - Total Construction Supplies (Processing) Limited, Reinforcement Solutions Ltd and Swiftform which employ 110 people - are unaffected and continue to trade - with the group stressing they remain financially viable with strong growth prospects.
Birmingham-based Butcher Woods corporate recovery firm has reportedly been appointed as administrator.
Rising costs, falling margins and increased competition in a shrinking market have been cited as among the reasons for the firm’s demise.
A spokesperson for Total Construction Supplies Ltd said: “Like many businesses in the construction and manufacturing sectors, Total Construction Supplies Limited has faced a prolonged period of trading pressure.
“Rising input costs, delayed customer payments, increased finance costs and a slowdown in certain parts of the market have all combined to impact the viability of the business.
“Despite significant efforts to stabilise the company, it became clear to the directors that administration was the most responsible step to protect the interests of the creditors.
“The three remaining companies in the group continue to trade with the financial stability and robust platforms required to maximise existing customer relationships and new opportunities to grow.”
The firm said every effort was being made to continue to employ the majority of TCS production staff across the wider group.
Just over two months ago, in November 2025, Total Group, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of sustainable steel reinforcement and building products, unveiled an ambitious three-year growth plan to make the most of the UK's infrastructure boom.
Directors told of an ambitious plan to quadruple revenues to £100m by putting the business, which has been trading for 28 years, in a prime position to support projects in the construction, housing, transport and nuclear sectors - highlighting heavy investment to create more than 500,000 sq ft of internal and external world class manufacturing space across the group's four sites, as well as investment in the workforce and the development of a new apprenticeship programme.
In 2022 the company, which was founded in 1998 by Craig Gibbons and Matthew Hague, invested £4 million into a new 220,000 sq ft facility in Cannock.
The pair initially set-up Total Construction Supplies to provide PPE and construction accessories to customers in the West Midlands, and 10 years later the duo diversified into manufacturing prefabricated reinforcement steel for several national infrastructure projects - with the company becoming the supplier of choice for piling, reinforcement mesh, caging and cut and bent products.
