Employees and suppliers are warning of a crisis point for the site near Hull amid government talks.

The UK's largest bioethanol plant, Vivergo Fuels, is set to close down, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.

ABF will close its Hull bioethanol plant after policy setbacks, ending a decade-long £700m clean fuel investment.

Associated British Foods says 160 jobs will be lost at Vivergo site in Hull after ministers refuse to fund rescue

Vivergo Fuels’ plant is at risk of closure, putting jobs on the line and dealing a political blow to Labour in the party’s heartlands.

Hull-based Vivergo says all staff will have left and the site will be ready for demolition by the end of the year. from BBC News via IFTTT

UK bioethanol producer Vivergo is proceeding with plans to close its 416mn litres/yr Saltend plant in eastern England, but has outlined ways the government could prevent this.

The UK's largest bioethanol facility, Vivergo Fuels in Hull, will commence operations closure on Monday after the government opted not to extend a financial rescue package to the sector. Associated British Foods, which owns Vivergo, announced that the first round of employee redundancies would take effect on Tuesday. Both Vivergo Fuels and Ensus, the owner of the UK's second-largest bioethanol plant located in Redcar, had previously signaled that their operations could become unsustainable without government intervention.

The smell of yeast still hangs in the air at the Vivergo plant in Hull but the machines have fallen quiet.

Bioethanol producers Vivergo Fuels and Ensus are both on the brink of collapse, but the government says it won’t step in.

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Owner of Vivergo plant says it has started a wind-down consultation in case rescue talks fail