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List of UK businesses entering administration during the 2008–2009 financial crisis

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This is a list of UK businesses entering administration during the 2008–2009 financial crisis.

UK insolvent businesses

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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 02/03/2009 Deloitte[1] BBC News[2]
Viyella 07/01/2009 Poppleton & Appleby[3] BBC News[2]
Waterford Wedgwood 05/01/2008 Deloitte 367 BBC News[4]
Morgan 31/12/2008 KPMG[5]
USC 29/12/2008 PKF Google Associated Press[6]
Adams Childrenswear 28/12/2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers[7] BBC News[8]
Zavvi 24/12/2008 Ernst & Young[9] 22 178 BBC News[10] The Business Desk[11]
Whittard of Chelsea 23/12/2008 Ernst & Young ITN[12] Sold to private equity company Epic
The Officers Club 23/12/2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers BBC News[13] 118 of the chain's 150 stores were sold, others closed
The Pier 04/12/2008 Mazars BBC News[14]
MFI Group 26/11/2008 Menzies Corporate Restructuring 111[15] 1400[15] BBC News[16][17]
Woolworths 26/11/2008 Deloitte 815 30,000 circa Guardian[18] Stores all closed by 6 January 2009
Rosebys 25/09/2008 KPMG Telegraph[19]
XL Leisure 12/09/2008 Kroll[20] BBC News[21]
Wrapit 04/09/2008 KPMG[22] 278 1256 WalesOnline[23]
Silverjet 30/05/2008 Begbies Traynor BBC News[24]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Business | Mosaic firms into administration". BBC News. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b "BBC News". BBC News. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. ^ Julia Kollewe (7 January 2009). "Clothing chain Viyella falls into administration | Business | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  4. ^ "BBC". BBC News. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  5. ^ Mark Tran (29 June 2006). "Morgan goes into administration | Business | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  6. ^ Associated Press[dead link]
  7. ^ The Independent. London https://web.archive.org/web/20090729195820/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/850-jobs-axed-at-adams-chain-1226820.html. Archived from the original on 29 July 2009. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "BBC". BBC News. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  9. ^ Macnamara, Kelly (24 December 2008). "Zavvi calls in the administrators - Business News - Business". The Independent. London. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  10. ^ "BBC". BBC News. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  11. ^ "The Business Desk". The Business Desk. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  12. ^ ITN[dead link]
  13. ^ "BBC". BBC News. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  14. ^ "BBC". BBC News. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  15. ^ a b "Business | Furniture chain MFI closes down". BBC News. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  16. ^ "BBC". BBC News. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  17. ^ TimesOnline TimesOnline
  18. ^ Julia Finch, City editor, and Chris Tryhorn (26 November 2008). "Guardian". London: Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2013. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Hall, James (26 September 2008). "Telegraph". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  20. ^ "Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity gossip". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  21. ^ "BBC". BBC News. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  22. ^ Hilary Osborne (4 August 2008). "Wrapit placed into administration | Money | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  23. ^ "Walesonline". Walesonline. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  24. ^ "BBC". BBC News. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2013.