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Mothercare sees 2,500 jobs at risk as retailer 'looks to put UK business into administration' – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk

Mothercare sees 2,500 jobs at risk as retailer 'looks to put UK business into administration' – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk


            

Mothercare ‘on the brink of going bust’: 2, 500 jobs are at risk as retailer ‘looks to put UK business into administration this week’

  • Mothercare reportedly put administrators on standby with a restructuring plan
  • Retailer’s British operations at risk as business now leans on international arm
  • All firm’s 2, 500 employees are facing redundancy if a rescue package fails
  • In May Mothercare posted increased losses to £ 87 .3m in the last financial year

ByChris Dyer For Mailonline

Published:: EST, 3 November 2019|Updated:20: (EST, 3 November)

Mothercare is reportedly considering placing its British operations in administration, putting 2, 500 jobs at risk.

The company is said to have put administrators on standby and is finalizing a restructuring plan.

This could mean administrators could be called in to its domestic division as soon as this week, according to Sky News.

Any such move would not directly affect its publicly quoted parent company, which is in deep talks with lenders over a refinancing deal to secure its future trading.

Any restructuring or insolvency of the firm couldplunge thousands of employee’s jobs into doubt.

Mothercare is facing calling in administrators with 2, 500 workers facing redundancy is a buyer cannot be found

All the company’s 2, 500 workers in the UK are facing redundancy if no buyer can be found through the administration process.

It could lead to shop closures and a push for a new buyer for the UK arm of the business.

Mothercare’s British operations, Mothercare UK Limited, is a small part of its overall group sales.

The baby equipment retailer now leans heavily on its international franchising business abroad.

Restructuring experts from accountancy giant KPMG were brought in last week.

Mothercare in Taff Street, Pontypridd, in December 1968. The retailer was founded by Selim Zilkha and Sir James Goldsmith in 1961

Under a controversial company voluntary arrangement (CVA), Mothercare shut 55 stores last year and has been trying to sell its UK side of the company.

The company is considering closing more stores or asking landlords for rent cuts, but a sale is believed to be preferred option.

In May it was announced in a delayed set of annual results that Mothercare’s losses grew to £ 87 .3m in the last financial year.

The struggling retailer pushed back its report because of the ‘complexity’ of its finances, sending shares down 5.2 per cent.

(Sales fell 7.9 per cent to £ 1. 07 bn from £ 1. 16 bn the previous year, the report stated.

            

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