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Exclusive: Administrators are hopeful of increasing the amount recovered after the retailer's collapse

More than 25,000 firms went under last year in England and Wales, as they struggled with rising costs.

More than 25,000 firms went under last year in England and Wales, as they struggled with rising costs.

The appointment is the latest in a series of high-profile retail administrations that the firm has been brought in to manage

LONDON (AFP) – The brand of bankrupt British household goods company Wilko, whose recent collapse sparked the loss of about 12,500 jobs, has been sold to a competitor, administrators said yesterday. Rival budget retailer The Range has “entered into an agreement to acquire the Wilko brand, website and intellectual property”, administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers said in a […]

Wilko's closing down has seen Pepco buy 71 stores for Poundland branches, B&M purchase 51 buildings, and The Range buy Wilko's brand and website.

The brand of bankrupt British household goods company Wilko, whose recent collapse sparked the loss of about 12,500 jobs, has been sold to a competitor, administrators said Thursday.

The brand of bankrupt British household goods company Wilko, whose recent collapse sparked the loss of about 12,500 jobs, has been sold to a competitor, administrators said Thursday.

Rival budget retailer The Range has entered into an agreement to acquire the Wilko brand, website and intellectual property, administrators PwC said in a statement which did not give a price.