Battling difficult conditions on the high street, a string of retailers and restaurant groups have fallen into administration in recent months, such as Toys R Us, Maplin, Warren Evans and Jamie Oliver’s Barbecoa restaurants.
Others, including House of Fraser, Mothercare and Carpetright, have resorted to company voluntary arrangements (CVAs) to close outlets and lay off staff. A CVA is a form of insolvency that enables a business to renegotiate deals with their creditors – mainly landlords being asked to accept lower rent payments for stores.
A total of more than 35,000 retail and restaurant jobs have either been lost or at risk. Some numbers have yet to be finalised but the lost jobs and potential closures include:
January
Jamie’s Italian
12 restaurants
Tesco
1,700 jobs
Marks & Spencer
London distribution centre
380 jobs
Sainsbury’s
Thousands of management jobs to go
Byron
20 restaurants
East
50 stores
314 jobs
February
Morrisons
1,500 management jobs
Debenhams
320 jobs
Warren Evans
14 showrooms
287 jobs
Jamie Oliver’s Barbecoa
Two restaurants
80 jobs
Toys R Us
3,000 jobs
Maplin
2,500 jobs
March
New Look
60 stores
980 jobs
Prezzo
94 restaurants
500 jobs
April
Littlewoods owner Shop Direct
Three warehouses
1,992 jobs
Carpetright
92 stores
300 jobs
May
Jacques Vert and Windsmoor owner Calvetron Brands
300 shops
1,000 jobs
Tesco Direct
Clothing and homewares website closure
500 jobs
Marks & Spencer
100 stores
More than 1,500 jobs
Carphone Warehouse
92 stores
Carluccio’s
34 restaurants
500 jobs
June
Mothercare
50 stores
800 jobs
Poundworld
355 stores at risk
More than 5,000 jobs
House of Fraser
31 stores
6,000 jobs
