But he insisted he and his firm had worked flat out to keep it afloat until the last potential buyer walked away on the weekend before the collapse.
The source said that senior staff involved in the coverage were too tired to appear on the Today programme: "They had worked flat out and we were unable to put up somebody who knew exactly what they were speaking about".
Speaking on Friday, RMT acting general secretary Mick Cash said he was "angry" talks had broken down, adding that its negotiators had worked "flat out" to try to reach an agreement.
Leon Daniels, a TfL managing director said designers and engineers had worked "flat out" to develop the new junction designs which will include two-way roads, segregated cycle tracks and new traffic-free public space.
It's something I've worked flat-out [for], particularly over the last three days, because I think it's essential that we do move forward with consensus on this.
Mr. Ferrer is not a paragon of originality who has changed the history of art, but something almost as good, and maybe in the end more inspirational: an artist driven by curiosity, passion and instinct who has worked flat-out for more than half a century.
"The prime minister is spending every spare minute he has working flat out to tackle the problem of foot and mouth".
At Symbiosis, organizers have worked to create a flat hierarchy.
It must have worked, because his ears are flat now.
Would Churchill's idiosyncratic aristocratic growl (and scowl) have worked on an iPhone or flat-screen TV?
