The company responsible for running crisis-hit Woolston House in Bradford is expected to go into voluntary liquidation.

And Goitside Renaissance Ltd's former director David Scougall said he now planned to leave the city.

He will leave behind dozens of businesses and organisations which were forced to quit their headquarters in the regenerated mill in Goitside his company managed.

Tenants have spoken out after being forced to leave Woolston House in Tetley Street because a large electricity bill sent to Goitside Renaissance Ltd by Powergen was not paid.

At around the same time they were given 28 days notice to end their tenancy by agents representing the owner of the building Michael Abrahams - who was not connected with Goitside Renaissance Ltd - but said they were unable to stay because the power was cut off.

Mr Scougall has resigned as sole director of Goitside Renaissance Ltd and the company is now in limbo. He said it no longer had a role and he would probably put it into the hands of a liquidator.

Today Mr Scougall, who is married with a son and lives at Cottingley, said: "I am going to leave Bradford because I think it is going to take ten years to turn it round. Goitside Renaissance will go into voluntary liquidation because it will have no further purpose.

"I am disappointed about the lack of support I have had in the city. I want to put on the record that I haven't had a penny of public money. The rents at Woolston House were used to run the building. It was regenerated with private funding.

"I have had an offer from another local authority to work with a project like Woolston House but I don't want to do it. I will take a few weeks to consider my future."

Chartered accountant Ali Khan, of Adam&Co, who is company secretary for Goitside Renaissance Ltd, said he would be informing Companies House that it was no longer trading and would close the accounts.

Mr Scougall was also a director of Delauney House Ltd, which managed Woolston House, until it was liquidated last year. The company owed £11,000 in VAT, and HM Customs and Excise presented the winding-up petition. Goitside Renaissance - a subsidiary of Delauney House - was set up before its parent company went into liquidation.

According to Companies House there are two county court judgements against Goitside Renaissance Ltd for £826 in January last year and £973 last May.

Mr Scougall, 55, comes from Edinburgh and is an elected member on the board of the British Urban Regeneration Association, a national think-tank on redevelopment. He has spoken about regeneration at conferences across the country and has been involved in regeneration schemes in North Kirklees and Sheffield.

Mr Scougall pulled out of the management of Woolston House before the electricity was cut off and claims the electricity bill was unpaid because he was no longer collecting the rents.

Today James Brown, director of Choice recruitment agency which moved to Huddersfield, said: "This situation has caused a lot of heartache for a lot of people. There have been a lot of job losses."

Mr Khan - whose company was also a tenant - said: "It was a fantastic concept but I think there was a shortage of plans and not enough funds. I think he did a great job given the shortage of resources."