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  • Bensons for Beds: ‘It would have been easy for staff to lose heart’

    Retail

    Bensons for Beds has admitted it “would have been easy” for its employees to “lose heart” during its latest financial year which saw the chain battle a worsening retail environment. The Lancashire-headquartered business paid tribute to its more than 1,800 members of staff for what it called a “strong set of results”. Those results, for [...]

    Bensons for Beds is headquartered in Lancashire.
  • Full list of Carpetright stores saved by Bensons for Beds after collapse

    Business

    Almost 20 Carpetright stores have been snapped up by Bensons for Beds following the firm’s collapse last month. Carpetright was rescued out of administration in July but with the loss more than 1,500 jobs. The major carpet and tiling retailer, which is headquartered in Essex, was snapped up by rival Tapi for an undisclosed sum. At [...]

    Carpetright was recently sold out of administration.
  • Bensons for Beds still in the red as fewer customers visit stores

    Retail

    Bensons for Beds cut its losses as sales passed £250m during its latest financial year, new detailed accounts have revealed.

    Bensons for Beds is headquartered in Lancashire.

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