2016
May – BHS is to disappear from British high streets after nearly 90 years, with the loss of 11,000 jobs, after a rescue deal falls apart.
May – Austin Reed, the 116-year-old tailoring brand, goes into liquidation with almost 1,000 staff likely to lose their jobs as its 155 stores close.
January – Atterley, the online Scandi-inspired fashion retailer founded in 2011 and supported by high-profile backers including former Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy, goes into liquidation.
January – Brantano, the footwear chain, goes into administration – but the majority of jobs are saved after it is bought back by its owner Alteri in February.
January – Blue Inc, which has 240 stores including the Officers Club menswear chain, goes into pre-pack administration. It plans to close more than 60 stores, putting 500 jobs at risk.
2015
January – West Coast Capital, part of the USC chain, is put into administration by its owner Sports Direct in a controversial move resulting in about 200 Scottish warehouse workers losing their jobs.
January – Bank Fashion, the 84-store branded fashion chain, collapses into administration. The chain disappears from the high street, putting 1,555 jobs at risk, after it is sold by JD Sports to the restructuring firm Hilco.
2014
December – My-wardrobe.com, the designer online business, ceases trading and its website is sold to Net-a-Porter. The business originally fell into administration in November 2013 and secured rescue funding but did not last.
September - Phones 4U mobile phone chain falls into administration, putting more than 5,600 jobs at risk at its 720 outlets including 550 stores. About 800 staff get jobs operating phone concessions in Dixons Carphone stores and some stores are taken on by Vodafone and EE, but more than 3,000 workers lose jobs.
July – La Senza, the lingerie chain with 55 stores, goes into administration for the second time in two years, putting 750 jobs at risk.
June – Jane Norman disappears from the high street after it is put into administration by owners Edinburgh Woollen Mill, with the loss of about 150 jobs. The brand continues to trade online.
March – Albemarle & Bond, one of the largest pawnbrokers in the UK, goes into administration. Former Bank of Scotland boss Sir Peter Burt buys the company, saving the majority of shops and 628 jobs.
2013
December – Blockbuster, the video rental chain, exits the UK high street after 25 years after administrators fail to find a buyer. The chain had 528 stores employing 4,190 staff at the start of 2013.
August – Modelzone, the toy and hobby retailer, disappears from the high street after falling into administration in June. It had 48 stores and about 400 staff.
January – HMV, the last UK chain of music and entertainment stores, calls in administrators after a weak Christmas and years of fighting a losing battle against downloads and online retailers. There are 238 stores and 4,350 employees. About half the chain is saved through a buy-out by Hilco in April.
January – Ethel Austin, the budget womenswear chain, goes into administration for the fifth time in five years, leading to the closure of its remaining 30 stores. Before the series of administrations began in 2008, the company had 300 stores employing almost 3,000 staff.
January - Jessops, the 192-store camera retailer, goes into administration putting 2,000 jobs at risk. Dragons’ Den judge Peter Jones rescues the brand and reopens 30 high street stores, creating 500 jobs.
2012
November – Comet, the electrical products retailer, goes into liquidation leaving 6,600 staff without a job.
October – JJB Sports, formerly the UK’s biggest sportswear retailer, collapses into administration and disappears from the high street after failure of a deal to save 133 shops and 2,200 jobs. About 20 stores, the brand and the website are sold to rival Sports Direct for £24m, saving 550 jobs.
June – Allders of Croydon, one of the biggest department stores in the country, goes into administration with the loss of 300 jobs.
May – Clinton Cards, which operated 628 Clinton and 139 Birthdays stores, went into administration, putting 8,000 jobs at risk. Nearly 400 stores and about half the jobs are later saved after a buyout by the group’s largest creditor, American Greetings.
April – Aquascutum, the British tailor and trenchcoat maker owned by Harold Tilman, goes into administration, putting 250 jobs at risk.
March – Game Group, the computer games retailer, which at the time ran 1,270 shops, half of them in the UK, and employed 10,000 people worldwide, calls in the administrators. The company returned to the stock market in 2014 after a controversial rescue deal.
January – Peacocks, the budget fashion chain which also owned Bonmarché, falls into administration, putting 9,600 jobs at risk. Edinburgh Woollen Mill acquires 388 of Peacocks’ 612 stores, safeguarding around 6,000 jobs.
January – Blacks Leisure, the outdoor sports, camping and recreational chain, which also owned Millets, is bought out of administration by JD Sports. The deal rescued about 300 stores and 3,500 jobs, although about 130 stores have since closed under the new owners.
2011
November – Best Buy, the electrical goods chain, closes its 11 large stores in the UK operated under a joint venture between the US parent chain and Carphone Warehouse.
May – Focus DIY chain closes down after falling into administration, leaving 3,919 jobs at risk at 170 stores.
March – Oddbins, goes into administration, putting 400 jobs at the 128-outlet wine retailer at risk. The business is later rescued by Raj Chatha of European Food Brokers.
March – The Officers Club, discount fashion chain, goes into administration with the loss of 500 jobs. About half the chain’s 100 stores are rescued by Blue Inc.
