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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.77 - Retail sale of watches and jewellery
337 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 January 2020
Employment effect (start)
7 January 2020
Foreseen end date
31 January 2020
Description
Links of London, the British jewellery retailer, has announced that it is closing all its UK shops and concessions in January 2020, making 337 employees redundant with immediate effect.
The company fell into administration in October 2019 and the administrators were unable to find a buyer for the business. Links of London was established in 1990 in London and specialised in selling luxury jewellery, watches and gifts.
Eurofound (2020), Links of London, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 99671, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/99671.