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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco
175 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
14 January 2009
Foreseen end date
14 January 2009
Description
McLeish brothers, a Scottish deli chain, have gone into administration. Seven of the ten stores owned by the company have been closed with immediate effect with the loss of 175 of the 205 jobs at the company. The firm went into administration when their bank, HBOS, withdrew their credit facility.
Sources
14 January 2009: Financial Times
Citation
Eurofound (2009), McLeish Brothers, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67815, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67815.