Construction workers on two high-profile projects in Liverpool have been forced to look for new work following a fraud probe.

Elliot Lawless, the founder of the Elliot Group, was arrested along with a senior official at Liverpool council as part of a fraud investigation.

This investigation has seen two projects the Elliot Group is working on halted: the £100 million Aura student scheme and the Infinity scheme, a 38-storey residential tower in Leeds Street Liverpool. Main contractor Vermont announced the news.


UK construction union Unite has called for a industry 'kickstart' in Liverpool to help get the projects on track and people back into work.

Unite Unite regional officer John Sheppard said: "This is grim news for construction workers in Liverpool, who have received the dreaded tap on the shoulder and are now being forced to look for new work.

"This is a notoriously difficult time of the year to find new starts and the affected workers who believed they had relatively secure employment are now faced with the grim reality of trying to find new work at short notice.

"The two Eliot Group developments now join a long list of stalled construction projects in the city."

(CM/MH)