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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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    ChoicesUK’s 1,800 staff at risk after the entertainment retailer goes into administration

    by Gareth Vorster 22 Aug 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 22 Aug 2007

    Up to 1,800 jobs are under threat at high street entertainment retailer ChoicesUK, after a decision to go into administration....

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    Seventy jobs saved as HMV buys seven Fopp stores out of administration

    by Louisa Peacock 10 Aug 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 10 Aug 2007

    HMV has announced it will buy seven Fopp stores, saving some 70 jobs, following the news that Fopp went into...

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    Staff at music retailer Fopp wait for news on pay following administration rumours

    by Louisa Peacock 29 Jun 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 29 Jun 2007

    Workers at music retailer Fopp anxiously await news on whether they will receive their pay packets and keep their jobs ...

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    Union fury as Nikolai Smolenski buys TVR out of administration

    by Georgina Fuller 23 Feb 2007
    by Georgina Fuller 23 Feb 2007

    Beleaguered sports car firm TVR has been bought by its previous owner after going into administration and jeopardising 300 jobs...

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    European Court of Justice refers final salary pension schemes case back to UK High Court

    by Greg Pitcher 25 Jan 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 25 Jan 2007

    Employers with final salary pensions schemes gained a reprieve today when the European Court of Justice referred a case against...

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    European Court of Justice likely to clear UK government of failing to protect pensions at failed company Allied Steel and Wire

    by dan thomas 14 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 14 Jul 2006

    European advocate general backs UK government over pensions at failed steel firm.

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    High street slump claims latest victim as Morgan goes into administration with likely loss of 600 jobs

    by Mike Berry 30 Jun 2006
    by Mike Berry 30 Jun 2006

    Retailer Morgan hit by downturn on the high street.

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    Food distributor’s move into administration puts 500 jobs at risk

    by Georgina Fuller 7 Mar 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 7 Mar 2006

    Almost 500 jobs are at risk at Celsius First after the chilled food storage and distribution company called in administrators.

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    Food manufacturer’s administration puts 850 jobs in doubt

    by Georgina Fuller 10 Jan 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 10 Jan 2006

    About 850 jobs at Golden Wonder could be cut after the crisp manufacturer was forced into administration.

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    Caterer threatens to go into administration in BA food dispute

    by Mike Berry 23 Aug 2005
    by Mike Berry 23 Aug 2005

    Gate Gourmet has threatened to go into administration rather than reinstate "troublemakers" it sacked after the recent wildcat strike.

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    Administration move puts 5,700 jobs at Allders in doubt

    by dan thomas 27 Jan 2005
    by dan thomas 27 Jan 2005

    The department store group Allders finally collapsed into administration yesterday, putting the future of its 5,700 employees in doubt.

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