A travel company has gone into administration.

Travelscope Holidays Ltd announced this morning that it has suspended all its trading activities and is not taking any more holiday bookings.

In a brief statement, the company said its phone lines were extremely busy and asked customers "to be patient" if they were trying to contact either the administrators or the business.

ABTA, the Travel Association, confirmed the company had stopped trading, but reassured customers that anyone who has a future booking with the company will receive a claim form and be able to claim a full refund.

The joint administrators have been named as Paul Clark, Andrew Stoneman and Phil Duffy of Menzies Corporate Restructuring.