Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Blackburn and nationwide
Sector
Retail
Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores
47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores

367 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
1 April 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Bed retailer Sleep Depot has announced that it will close. The firm had 100 plus outlets nationwide, 72 of them in Land of Leather stores. 367 jobs are expected to be lost and administrators Kroll has announced that it is in the process of speaking to employees to make them aware of the firms situation. No timescales have been given for the job losses yet.


Sources

  • 1 April 2008: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Sleep Depot, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 66477, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66477.