Bennetts retailer closure costs over 200 jobs
Administrators in charge of a top independent electrical retailer have announced 228 jobs are to be axed, reports the BBC.
Norfolk-based firm Bennetts, which employed about 300 staff in 14 stores across the country, has collapsed and called in administrators PKF.
All the shops will remain closed and only 57 staff will be kept on while administrators try to find a buyer.
The firm blamed competition from online retailers and increases in rents for its collapse.
Administrators said there was a chance some or even all of those made redundant could be re-employed later.
The skeleton staff has been retained in stores for stock-taking.
A PKF spokesman said: “We confirm that unfortunately it has been necessary to make 228 members of staff redundant while 57 remain.
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