The recession appears to have hit Walcot Reclamation hard as it has been forced into voluntary administration. Owners Jane and Rick Knapp said they had been fighting a losing battle over the past few months and had to admit defeat in their recent plans to regroup and relocate from its Bath city centre location to the Bathampton heavy reclaimed materials site.
 
A notice the Walcot website says that if any person should feel the call then there is a ready to roll business there, complete with excellent experienced staff, a wide range of good quality stock, yard, warehouses, trucks and forklifts and a business name known both nationally and internationally. If Walcot do not find anyone to take over the business it will proceed with an auction of the remaining stock at the end of January at which Mr Knapp says that there will be plenty of bargains to be had. Further, Mr and Mrs Knapp thanked everyone for their support since the company first started in 1977.
 
Anyone interested is asked to contact Graham Cockle at BCVA auctioneers and valuers, Bristol.