Administrators for electrical distributor Bridisco Group have written to retailers telling them to pay ‘in full’ for new goods regardless of anything they might be owed. Ernst and Young the administrators for the group, also known as the British Distribution Company (BDC), wrote to suppliers on 2…
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MFI Death Throes & Protests
Local contract fitters for furniture retailer MFI yesterday held a protest outside the firm’s Norwich store amid claims the company has failed to pay them for six weeks. Around 40 Norfolk-based sub-contractors for the firm, which was last week placed into administration, claim thousands of pounds…
Fear For Electrolux, Servis & Other Jobs Voiced In Italy
Over the next two years some 900,000 jobs could be lost in the industrial, manufacturing and construction sectors, Italy’s second biggest trade union CISL warned on Tuesday. In its Industry Report 2008, the CISL said that in the past two months there had been a steep increase in the number of ent…
Listeria warning over chilled foods
A doubling in the cases of the potentially fatal bug listeria has prompted a warning about chilled, ready to eat food. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said the latest figures show 400 cases a year, double the number seen in 2001 and a rise of a fifth in the past 12 months.
GE Not Up For Sale Anymore
General Electric has put the sale of its consumer appliances unit on hold after Haier, China’s largest maker of home appliances, decided not to bid for the unit until clear signs of a US market recovery emerged, sources close to the developments said.
MFI In Administration – Again
Furniture, kitchen and appliance retailer MFI has gone into administration citing falling demand for big ticket items, cash-flow problems and the withdrawal of credit. Some stores will continue to trade, but 26 will close. Existing orders will be either met or refunded, MFI have said this evening.
Waterline Goes Private Again
Distribution heavyweight Waterline is set to take itself off the AIM stock exchange following a year of bad results as the market downturn begins to bite. Shareholders agreed to cancel the admission to AIM at a meeting held on November 10 and it is expected delisting will take on or around Decemb…
Cooker And Oven Door Hinges
Oven Door Hinges Oven door hinges range in their method of operation quite dramatically, some are easy enough to replace if you are reasonably handy and others can be a bit of a challenge, even for the professional service engineer. We’d therefore say that if you’re not sure or have a…
Washing Machine Drum Paddles
Drum Paddles Drum paddles or “lifters” which can and do break are the plastic (usually grey or close to white) inserts that you see in the washing machine drum where you would place your clothes to be washed. About Washing Machine Drum Paddles If they are made of a suita…
Bosch jobs threat ‘devastating’
An announcement that 250 jobs could go at the Bosch factory in south Wales has been described as a “devastating blow” for the area. The company has blamed a 30% drop in orders for the alternator plant at Miskin near Llantrisant, south Wales.