{"id":5570,"date":"2025-05-22T21:46:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=5570"},"modified":"2025-05-22T21:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:46:37","slug":"home-office-says-sorry-to-fp-mccann-after-site-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/home-office-says-sorry-to-fp-mccann-after-site-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Home office says sorry to FP McCann after site raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Home Office has apologised to precast concrete contractor FP McCann and agreed to pay &#8220;substantial damages&#8221; over false allegations of illegal workers on one of its sites.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Office briefed the media on a raid on on the Shotton Mill site in Deeside, north Wales in March 2024 warning that McCann could face fines of up to \u00a3225,000 after 13 people were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>But within weeks McCann was issued with a \u201cNo Action Notice\u201d from the Immigration Enforcement division of the Home Office after it was established that all its employees were suitably qualified to work in the UK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"439734\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.intersteels.com%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Retro-FitsteelspecialistsGIF-ezgif.com-resize.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>FP McCann launched a legal action after the blunder and a settlement was reached in the High Court in Belfast yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The company said: &#8220;FP McCann, the UK and Ireland\u2019s leading precast concrete and civil engineering solutions provider, welcomes the Home Office&#8217;s formal public apology for an entirely erroneous and unfounded allegation concerning illegal workers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"164719\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FConEnq25%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TAK1222 Con Enq MPU May 300x250.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"494158\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.agd-equipment.co.uk%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AGD002_AGD-MPU_Pilers_300x250_2.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/97vJpCj<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Home Office has apologised to precast concrete contractor FP McCann and agreed to pay &#8220;substantial damages&#8221; over false allegations of illegal workers on one of its sites. 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