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Assets and IP of non-HFSS bakery brand set to be sold in pre-pack deal

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 | ADMINISTRATION
Urban Legend, a healthier sweet bakery brand, is poised to enter administration over the coming days, with the company’s intellectual property (IP) and patented technology set to be acquired in a pre-pack deal. The company... continue reading

Pair of Midlands furniture brands fall into administration

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 | ADMINISTRATION
Administrators are set to market the assets of a pair of Midlands-based furniture businesses for sale after the companies collapsed in the wake of a failed sale process. Ashley Manor and Alexander & James Sofas were both owned by ... continue reading

UK administrations update: September 9 - 15

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 | ADMINISTRATION
Since our last update, the following businesses have been confirmed as having fallen into administration. All dates indicate when the administration was announced and not necessarily the dates on which administrators were appointe... continue reading

Major Midlands machinery supplier falls into administration

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 | ADMINISTRATION
A major Midlands-based supplier of agricultural and industrial machinery has fallen into administration amid difficult trading conditions and cost pressures. The collapse of Dunstall Holdings and its subsidiary Rea Valley Tractors... continue reading

Assets to be sold after longstanding engineering firm appoints administrators

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 | ADMINISTRATION
HE Simm & Son Limited, a Liverpool-based engineering services firm established more than 70 years ago, has fallen into administration. The collapse of the family-owned company was due to cashflow challenges resulting from challeng... continue reading

Sale targeted as £43m-turnover wholesaler enters administration

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 | ADMINISTRATION
Administrators are targeting a sale of the business and assets of a Derby-based wholesaler following its collapse. SOS Wholesale Limited supplied consumer goods to convenience, discount, independent, major multiple and garden cent... continue reading

UK administrations update: September 2 - 9

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 | ADMINISTRATION
Since our last update, the following businesses have been confirmed as having fallen into administration. All dates indicate when the administration was announced and not necessarily the dates on which administrators were appointe... continue reading

Liquidators appointed at Liverpool bakery

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 | ADMINISTRATION
A Liverpool bakery that operated across three sites has entered liquidation after ceasing trading earlier this year. Baltic Bakehouse was founded in 2012, employing 24 staff across its sites, but collapsed following a “serie... continue reading

Assets to be sold as garden retailer enters administration

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 | ADMINISTRATION
Administrators are set to realise the assets of a garden retailer based in North Yorkshire, following the company’s collapse earlier this month. Richard Griffith House Plants Limited fell into administration on September 2 2... continue reading

Administrators exploring sale after collapse of Bodycare

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 | ADMINISTRATION
Bodycare, a high street retailer of branded health and beauty products with close to 150 UK stores, has fallen into administration, with administrators now exploring a sale of the business and assets. Nick Holloway, Chris Pole a... continue reading

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