Administration News - written by Hanna Sharpe

B3 Industries Ltd has entered administration, with Colin Haig, Paul Flint and Allan Graham from KPMG appointed to oversee the restructuring of the group. The firm was the parent company of the Manchester-based B3 Cables site, Tri-W [more]

Ascot Environmental is to be closed down after filing a notice to enter administration. The move will leave 56 staff at the environmental engineering firm with unpaid wages. [more]

Lola Cars is set to enter administration after announcing its intention to appoint administrators, due to the economic downturn. [more]

Thomas Cook has issued a warning to its shareholders that if its planned disposals are not approved it may risk administration. [more]

Furniture retailer Clement Joscelyne has been placed into administration, with administrators appointed to sell the business as a going concern. After experiencing a drop in trading over recent months the directors called in FRP Advisory [more]

Zolfo Cooper has been brought in as the administrator to stricken Clinton Cards, and is to search for a new owner. It is expected that about half of the retailer's stores will be closed down in the administration pro [more]

Troubled retailer Clinton Cards is to be pushed into administration today by its biggest supplier American Greetings. The firm’s banks Barclays and RBS had sold £35 million of Clinton Card’s l [more]

Less than two weeks after entering administration, Devon firm Launahurst Ltd has been rescued by Bristol-based Britannia Windows. Windows, conservatories and door maker Launahurst, which is known as Launa Windows, lost 60 of its 70 of its staff to redunda [more]

Independent Contractor Security has rescued Sekure Europe Ltd out of administration, after it was hit by cashflow problems earlier this year. [more]

Caithness Beef and Lamb, a meat processing plant in Wick, has been placed into administration. The remote location of the facility was designed to provide an abattoir service for farmers [more]

An unnamed woman has put down £100,000 to purchase Twickenham Film Studios out of the claws of administra [more]

Window and door supplier Launahurst Ltd, trading as Launa Windows, has been placed into administration with administrators appointed to manage the sale process. Ian Walker and Chris Norman of Begbies Traynor have been brought in to the Newton Abbot-base [more]

Administrators have been called in to organise the affairs of the Pritchard Group, it has been revealed. [more]

Troubled flooring firm Allied Floors has been purchased in a pre-pack administration by General George, which is part of the Floors-2-Go Group. [more]

Wrexham-based construction contractor firm Barnhill Construction Limited has been closed down, with administrators brought in to sell off its assets. [more]

Retail chain Ellie Louise Trading has been bought out of administration, saving around 300 jobs. [more]

Auto Online and Carsite, which traded as Tesco Cars, have been put into administration after Tesco's decision to abandon the venture. Nigel Morrison, James Stares and Daniel Taylor of Grant Thornton have been brought in t [more]

Belfast-based waste management business Skipway has been sold on for £786,000 after its parent entered administration. The identity of the new owner of Skipway has not been revealed. Its prev [more]

Aquascutum has been put into administration following yesterday's (16 April) news of the company's insolvency. We reported yesterday that the firm had been declared insolvent but by the afterno [more]

Administrators have been drafted in to manage and sell Scottish upholstery retailer Instyle Furniture after suffering difficult trading conditions. [more]