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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing
88 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Clothing retailer Greenwoods has announced that a buyer has been found for the majority of the business. The business entered administration in September 2017, and at that time it was hoped that a buyer would be found for the entire company. Versatile International Trading Limited have now bought 40 of the firm's 63 stores as well as the head office and warehouse functions. This means that around 181 store jobs have been saved, though there will be 88 redundancies from the 22 stores which will close immediately.
Sources
23 October 2017: Chronicle Live
24 October 2017: Eastern Daily Press
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Greenwoods, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 92384, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/92384.