The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.59 - Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialised stores
325 - 335 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Retailer BetterBathrooms has entered administration with the result that 325 employees have been made redundant with immediate effect. A further ten employees will be kept on, in the short term, to assist with the wind down of the company. The chain operated across 13 showrooms and two trade sites. A spokesperson for the administrator confirmed that affected staff would need to claim via the Redundancy Payments Service. The administrator also appealed for any buyers of the chain or its assets to come forward.
Eurofound (2019), BetterBathrooms, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 97376, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97376.
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