UK Insolvent Businesses
LSE listed companies that entered administration, by date, due to the impacts of the post-summer-2007 credit crunch and/or the late 2000s recession.
| Company | Date | Administrators | Branch Closures | Job Losses | Further Information Source | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Principles | 02/03/09 | Deloitte | BBC News | ||||
| Viyella | 07/01/09 | Poppleton & Appleby | BBC News | ||||
| Waterford Wedgwood | 5/1/2008 | Deloitte | 367 | BBC News | |||
| Morgan | 31/12/2008 | KPMG | Daily Mail | ||||
| USC | 29/12/2008 | PKF | Google Associated Press | ||||
| Adams Childrenswear | 28/12/2008 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | BBC News | ||||
| Zavvi | 24/12/2008 | Ernst & Young | 22 | 178 | BBC News The Business Desk | ||
| Whittard of Chelsea | 23/12/2008 | Ernst & Young | ITN | Sold to private equity company Epic | |||
| The Officers Club | 23/12/2008 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | BBC News | 118 of the chain's 150 stores were sold, others closed | |||
| The Pier | 4/12/2008 | Mazars | BBC News | ||||
| MFI Group | 26/11/2008 | Menzies Corporate Restructuring | 111 | 1400 | BBC News | ||
| Woolworths | 26/11/2008 | Deloitte | 815 | 30,000 circa | Guardian | Stores all closed by 6 January 2009 | |
| Rosebys | 25/09/2008 | KPMG | Telegraph | ||||
| XL Leisure | 12/09/2008 | Kroll | BBC News | ||||
| Wrapit | 04/09/2008 | KPMG | 278 | 1256 | WalesOnline | ||
| Silverjet | 30/05/2008 | Begbies Traynor | BBC News |
Read more about this topic: List Of UK Businesses Entering Administration During 2008-2009 Financial Crisis
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