Category: Appliance

WASTE collection charges have been slammed by an Almondbury couple. Margaret and George Ban said the Kirklees Council fees for taking away bulky items would lead to increased fly-tipping.

This story appeared on the BBC earlier and offers some clarification on the situation with the extended warranties that were sold by Powerhouse which I know a lot of people have been asking for information on, story follows: The electrical retailer Powerhouse closed 93 of its 233 stores on Friday.

Almost half the stores operated by stricken electrical retail chain PowerHouse are set to be closed by the end of the day.

Powerhouse, the UK’s third biggest electrical retailer which is in administrative receivership, closed almost half of its 223 stores on Friday.

WITH the average pricing of a washing machine on the decline every year, the first half of 2003 did not bring much reason for cheer to the consumer durables industry.

The prospects for PowerHouse, the UK’s third-largest electrical retailer, looked brighter yesterday after receivers confirmed talks “with a number of parties” interested in buying the business.

A survey of prices has claimed that British retail chains with stores here are charging Irish consumers far more than British consumers for certain goods.

Argos-to-Homebase retail giant GUS has emerged as a possible contender to buy all or part of PowerHouse, the stricken electrical retail chain.

Unlike the recession in the early-1990s, the current economic slowdown has had few major corporate collapses. That changed last week with the receivership of electrical retailer Powerhouse.

Powerhouse, the UK’s biggest independent electrical retailer, yesterday revealed that 813 jobs were to be axed alongside 93 stores, as it was placed in administrative receivership.