All Insolvency & administration articles – Page 16
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Select to launch CVA proposal this week
Select has confirmed it will launch a CVA at some point this week after falling into administration earlier this month.
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Select in administration after 'horrendous' Christmas
Select has collapsed into administration, leaving the future of its 169 stores and 1,800 employees hanging in the balance.
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Debenhams remains in hands of lenders after failed sale process
Debenhams’ sale process ended yesterday with no acceptable bids received as the department store’s creditors, investor consortium Celine, confirmed its commitment to the business.
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Intu warns CVA glut will hit rental income
Intu has warned its rental income will fall below expectations this year following a “higher than expected level of CVAs”.
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Landlords demand bigger Arcadia stake in exchange for CVA vote
A host of Britain’s biggest property owners have joined forces to demand a larger equity stake in Arcadia, should the fashion group push forward with a CVA.
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Arcadia board to hold crunch restructuring meeting today
Arcadia’s board is set to meet today to discuss the future of Sir Philip Green’s embattled fashion chain, as it eyes a possible company voluntary arrangement.
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Analysis
Analysis: Will Arcadia's CVA be the final straw for landlords?
Could Sir Philip Green’s plan to shed stores through a CVA be a step too far for landlords? Hugh Radojev investigates
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Debenhams launches CVA as torrid trading continues
Debenhams has launched its CVA proposal and revealed trading has continued to suffer, with like for likes spiralling in the six months to March.
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Opinion
Opinion: Will CVA rent reductions cut retailers' business rates?
2018 was dubbed the year of the CVA, allowing firms battling the structural changes taking place across Britain’s embattled high streets to not only close unprofitable stores hit by increasing cost pressures but to also seek rent reductions, often between 20% and 75%.
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75,000 retail jobs lost in first three months of 2019
75,000 retail jobs were lost in the first quarter of the year, as bricks-and-mortar retailers continue to be affected by increasing online sales.
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Debenhams poised to launch CVA this week
Debenhams is poised to launch its CVA this week as it battles to secure its future, Retail Week has learned.
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LK Bennett sold to Chinese partner
LK Bennett has been purchased by Rebecca Feng, who runs the fashion retailer’s Chinese franchise business, after going into administration in early March.
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Ashley labels Debenhams administration ‘national scandal'
Sports Direct founder and Debenhams’ largest shareholder Mike Ashley has vowed to “save as many Debenhams stores and jobs as I can” in an explosive stock exchange announcement.
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Analysis
Analysis: What next for Debenhams?
Debenhams’ lenders took control of the department store business today through a pre-pack administration, and a sale is now likely to be pursued.
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Opinion
Debenhams needs renewed purpose post-administration
The redundancy of Debenhams’ once-vaunted claim to be ‘Britain’s favourite department store’ was sadly laid bare as it fell into a pre-pack administration today.
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Private equity 'has no place in retail', argues Knight Frank
A new report has lambasted the “traditional private equity” model, saying it has no place in the retail sector.
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New Look operations boss Monaghan exits
New Look managing director of group operations Dan Monaghan will depart the business in a senior management team restructure, Retail Week can reveal.
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Office Outlet axes stores and jobs as sale hopes fade
Office Outlet is to shutter 16 stores and axe 160 jobs after administrators conceded that hopes of selling the business were fading.
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Select on brink of collapse putting 2,000 jobs at risk
Select is on the brink of collapse after filing a notice of intention to appoint administrators, Retail Week has learned.
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Sir Philip Green facing Arcadia pension blackhole
Sir Philip Green is facing the prospect of increasing his contributions to Arcadia’s pension schemes, as he mulls a potential company voluntary arrangement.