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    Threshers jobs at risk as owner goes into administration

    by Personnel Today 30 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 30 Oct 2009

    The owner of off-licence firm Threshers has gone into administration, putting 6,500 jobs at risk.
    First Quench Retailing, which also...

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    Jobcentre Plus, R3 and the Insolvency Service set up joint pre-redundancy service

    by Personnel Today 22 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 22 Oct 2009

    Jobcentre Plus, the insolvency trade body R3 and the Insolvency Service have joined forces to develop a system to share...

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    TUPE and insolvency: interpreting the regulations

    by Roger Tynan 7 Jul 2009
    by Roger Tynan 7 Jul 2009

    HR professionals managing staff in a business that is heading for insolvency are likely to have been through the mill already....

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    Setanta goes into administration

    by Tara Craig 24 Jun 2009
    by Tara Craig 24 Jun 2009

    Irish sports broadcaster Setanta has gone into receivership with the loss of 200 UK-based jobs.Following the failure of rescue talks,...

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    More than 800 jobs lost as van maker LDV goes into administration

    by Guy Logan 9 Jun 2009
    by Guy Logan 9 Jun 2009

    Almost all 850 jobs at van maker LDV have been lost after the company went into administration yesterday. Thousands more...

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    Clinton Cards Birthdays chain goes into administration

    by Helen Gilbert 21 May 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 21 May 2009

    Clinton Cards has placed its loss-making Birthdays subsidiary into administration, putting 2,200 jobs at risk. The card retailer, which acquired...

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    Bay Trading jobs at risk as retailer goes into administration

    by Kat Baker 24 Apr 2009
    by Kat Baker 24 Apr 2009

    Fashion retailer Bay Trading has gone into administration, putting 1,000 jobs at risk as hundreds of shops could be forced to...

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    Bombardier Aerospace cuts nearly 1,000 jobs

    by Mike Berry 2 Apr 2009
    by Mike Berry 2 Apr 2009

    Nearly 1,000 jobs are to be axed at Bombardier Aerospace factories in Northern Ireland.
    A total of 975 staff are...

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    TUPE and pre-pack administration sales: legal opinion

    by Personnel Today 29 Jan 2009
    by Personnel Today 29 Jan 2009

    As more companies fall into insolvency we are seeing the rise of the pre-pack administration sale.Pre-pack arrangements involve agreeing the...

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    Waterford Wedgewood goes into administration with 1,900 UK jobs at risk

    by Mike Berry 6 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 6 Jan 2009

    Up to 1,900 more UK jobs are at risk after famous china and ceramics firm Waterford Wedgwood went into administration.The...

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    Zavvi jobs at risk as retailer goes into administration

    by Louisa Peacock 24 Dec 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 24 Dec 2008

    Thousands of jobs are threatened at the music and DVD store Zavvi as it went into administration this week, it...

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    TUPE and insolvancies: legal Q&A

    by Personnel Today 8 Dec 2008
    by Personnel Today 8 Dec 2008

    As the recession deepens, business failures represent opportunities for buyers to acquire the assets and goodwill of insolvent businesses cheaply...

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    HR gets the short straw in insolvencies

    by Personnel Today 9 Jun 2008
    by Personnel Today 9 Jun 2008

    When companies go bust, is there anything that HR departments can do to ease the pain?My first job was making...

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    Jobs threat as global training firm Carter & Carter goes into administration

    by Gareth Vorster 11 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 11 Mar 2008

    Troubled training firm Carter & Carter has filed for administration after it failed to reach an agreement with its lenders...

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    Scott ElectroMech engineering firm in east Belfast cuts almost 80 jobs after going into administration

    by Louisa Peacock 29 Aug 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 29 Aug 2007

    Nearly 80 jobs are to go at an engineering firm in east Belfast.Scott ElectroMech Ltd, an electric motors manufacturer on...

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