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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.
  • Select Fashion on verge of collapse as it shuts UK stores – reports

    Retail

    Retailer Select Fashion is reportedly on the verge of collapse as the struggling chain nears the closure of 35 shops across the UK. The group has drafted in advisers to oversee a process of liquidation, according to documents seen by the Sun. It comes as it is believed the chain will have shut 35 shops [...]

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  • Carpetright owed almost £350m when it collapsed into administration

    Retail

    Carpetright owed almost £350m when it collapsed into administration with the loss of more than 1,500 jobs before being rescued, it has been revealed. The Essex-headquartered carpet and tiling retailer was acquired by rival Tapi in July in a move that saved the jobs of more than 300 people and 54 stores. At the time [...]

    Carpetright owed almost £350m when it collapsed. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
  • Full list of Carpetright stores saved by Bensons for Beds after collapse

    August 7, 2024

    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: All you need to know ahead of redundancies and store closures

    July 23, 2024

    Carpetright has become the latest household name to fall into insolvency following the likes of The Body Shop, Ted Baker and online luxury fashion retailers Matches and Farfetch earlier this year.

  • Carpetright: Rival Tapi rescues brand out of administration as 1,500 jobs lost

    July 23, 2024

    Carpetright has been rescued out of administration but more than 1,500 jobs have been lost, it has been confirmed.

  • Carpetright: Retailers urged to make ‘bold decisions early’ to avoid same fate

    July 15, 2024

    Businesses have been urged to make "bold decisions early and "avoid kicking problems down the road" in the wake of reports that Carpetright is on the brink of collapse.

  • Carpetright lines up PwC as looming administration puts thousands of jobs at risk

    July 12, 2024

    Carpetright is on the brink of collapsing into administration, putting thousands of jobs at risk.

  • Carpetright drafts in advisers as it mulls cost cutting options

    April 5, 2024

    Carpetright has reportedly drafted in advisers to explore cost-saving measures for the business as it struggles amid a slowdown in demand. 

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