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By Guy Taylor Those who have followed Harland & Wolff’s travails in recent months will be unsurprised by the news that the iconic shipyard, famous for building the Titanic,is to enter administration. A happy ending to a long-running debacle had looked increasingly unlikely since the government declined to guarantee a vital £200m UK Export Finance loan earlier in July. As ever, it is the employees and shareholders who will suffer the most. Redundancies are set to follow across the group’s 1,500-strong workforce and Monday’s announcement made clear shareholders’ investments would be wiped out. L…

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