FP McCann: Dwelling Workplace points apology over immigration raid

The Dwelling Workplace has issued a public apology and paid substantial damages to a County Londonderry manufacturing agency following an immigration enforcement raid on one in all its work websites final yr.

In March 2024, concrete provider FP McCann was referred for a penalty of as much as £225,000 for using 5 unlawful contractors on one in all its websites in Wales.

The corporate was issued with civil penalty referral discover, pending a evaluate of proof from the positioning go to and firm information.

The Dwelling Workplace then issued a “no motion discover” the next month, confirming the corporate was not accountable for a civil penalty.

On the Excessive Courtroom in Belfast on Thursday, the Dwelling Workplace issued an apology to FP McCann Restricted and its administrators for publishing “false and defamatory allegations” in a press launch in March 2024.

It agreed to pay the agency substantial damages and its affordable authorized prices for the “misguided and false” allegation.

It added that the Dwelling Workplace accepts that FP McCann’s contractors had been “lawfully entitled to work the positioning in North Wales”.

In a press release, FP McCann mentioned it was happy to attract a line underneath this unsatisfactory matter following the apology from the Dwelling Workplace.