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Administrators exploring sale of accessories chain Claire’s UK
- August 2025
Fashion accessories and jewellery giant Claire’s has fallen into administration, with administrators now exploring the possibility of a sale of the business, which has more than 300 stores across the UK and Ireland. The appointment of Interpath Advisory’s Will Wright and Chris Pole as joint ad...
Business Sale
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BUSINESS SALE Activ8 Energies acquires UK solar company LCEIrish solar panel provider Activ8 Energies has acquired Low Carbon Energy (LCE), a UK-based solar co...
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BUSINESS SALE Pole Star Global acquires maritime risk intelligence firmMaritime intelligence solutions provider Pole Star Global has expanded with the acquisition of a cou...
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BUSINESS SALE Frasers Group acquires electronics retailer out of administrationEbuyer (UK) Limited, an electronics retailer that fell into administration last week, has been acqui...
Division Sale
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DIVISION SALE Infrastructure services firm expands with Northern Ireland acquisitionLancashire-headquartered infrastructure and engineering services provider Avove, formerly Amey Utili...
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DIVISION SALE PE investor carves out Aerostructures business of listed firm in £200m dealPrivate equity firm Sullivan Street Partners has agreed to acquire the Aerostructures business of en...
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DIVISION SALE Equipment hire firm divests welfare van fleetNewcastle-based equipment hire firm Nixon Hire has divested its welfare van fleet in what it has des...
Administration
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ADMINISTRATION Administrators exploring sale of accessories chain Claire’s UK
Fashion accessories and jewellery giant Claire’s has fallen into administration, with administrato...
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ADMINISTRATION Aquaculture services business falls into administrationAqualife Services Limited, a Stirling-based aquaculture services business, has ceased trading and be...
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ADMINISTRATION UK administrations update: August 5 - 12Since our last update, the following businesses have been confirmed as having fallen into administra...
MBO/MBI
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MBO/MBI Management buy-in at automotive recruitment companyPybus Recruitment, an automotive recruitment company based in Sunderland, has undergone a management...
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MBO/MBI Family buyout for West Yorkshire design & build companyPDS Design & Build, one of the leading design & build companies in the retail, leisure and hospitali...
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MBO/MBI McCann and Partners undergoes an MBOA team of five directors at South Wales engineering and building services business McCann and Partne...
Merger
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MERGER Leading accountancy and advisory firms merge to create national businessMenzies LLP and Beever and Struthers, two of the UK’s leading business advisory and accountancy fi...
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MERGER South East accountancy merges with South West counterpartWilson Partners, an accountancy group based in the South East of England, has merged with South West...
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MERGER Streets Chartered Accountants completes latest mergerAcquisitive chartered accountants Streets Chartered Accountants has completed its latest merger with...
Commercial Property
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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY Inveraray hotel acquired out of administration in £3m dealThe George Hotel, a 24-bedroom boutique hotel in Inveraray, has been acquired out of administration ...
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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY Former Shropshire care home up for sale for £450,000A former care home in Shropshire has been put up for sale with a guide price of £450,000. Edgeley H...
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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY Denbighshire market town hotel acquired off £1.9m guide priceA well-known hotel in the Denbighshire market town of Llangollen has been acquired by an internation...