BBC in talks with Woolworths as pensioners fear worst
December 3, 2008
The entire Woolworths empire, including its stake in 2Entertain, the BBC joint
venture, is likely to be in administration by the end of the week, with its
10,000 pensioners at the back of a queue of creditors hoping to get their
money back.
Film distributor is victim of Woolworths collapse
The fallout from the collapse of Woolworths spread this morning as Metrodome, a UK-listed film and television distributor, warned it risked losing £320,000 it was owed by the fallen retailer.
Bidders sought as beleaguered Woolworths and MFI stores go up for sale
The starting pistol was fired yesterday for the sale of Woolworths and MFI as the court-appointed managers sought buyers for the beleaguered stores.
Woolworths lays off staff as search...
Woolworths will make 450 of its staff redundant in what is expected to be the
first of many job cuts at the collapsed high street retailer.
Woolworths stores to close after...
Woolworths went into administration last night, putting thousands of high
street jobs at risk despite last-ditch government efforts to save it.
Woolworths stands on brink as wage...
Woolworths is at risk of going into administration as soon as this morning as
it scrabbles to find sufficient funds to pay its monthly wage bill.
Woolworths in talks over £1 offer...
Woolworths’ biggest shareholder was locked in meetings with advisers last night over how best to fight Hilco’s £1 offer for the company’s retail arm.
Woolworths dives as it confirms...
Woolworths this morning confirmed a report in The Times that it is in
talks to sell its retail business.
Woolworths to close all stores by...
Woolworths will end 99 years of high street trading by January 5 when it
closes 807 stores and lays off 27,000 permanent and temporary staff.
Potential buyers emerge to save Woolworths staff
The new management of Woolworths today revealed it has already received several expressions of interests from parties about buying parts of the business which collapsed last night after 99-years of trading.
Closing-down sales herald end of Woolworths stores group by Christmas
Woolworths will begin a huge closing down sale across its 813 stores today after Deloitte, the administrator, admitted that it had been unable to find a buyer for the retailer. The disappearance of the stores group will end a 99-year presence on Britain’s high streets and leave 30,000 staff facing a bleak Christmas and new year.
Woolworths in talks to sell retail...
Woolworths is in talks to sell its entire high street business to Hilco, the
specialist distressed fund, for £1.
Woolworths hires finance veteran in...
Woolworths has appointed a new chief financial officer days after the
departure of a senior director raised concerns that other executives may
leave the troubled retailer.
Woolworths rocked as senior director...
One of Woolworths’ most senior directors has quit only a month after the high
street retailer’s new chief executive savaged the poor performance of the
group.
Woolworths staff secure extra day's...
About 6,800 Woolworths staff will be receiving an extra day's pay after the
administrators of the collapsed store chain decided to postpone the closure
of its final 200...
Woolworths sale after Theo Paphitis...
Woolworths will hold its biggest sale today after Theo Paphitis, the Dragons'
Den entrepreneur, walked away from a bid for the collapsed retail chain.
Woolworths axes 450 staff amid firesale
Woolworths will make 450 of its staff redundant in what is expected to be the
first of many job cuts at the collapsed high street retailer.
Woolworths' main shareholder in bank talks
Ardeshir Naghshineh, Woolworths' largest shareholder, is in last-ditch talks with the retailer's banks about an alternative to a sale of the high street chain's retail arm to Hilco for £1.
Woolworths investor touts alternative deal
Woolworths’ largest shareholder, Ardeshir Naghshineh, is in talks with the retailer’s banks about an alternative plan to a sale the company’s retail arm to Hilco for just £1. 
Woolworths desperate for buyer amid...
Just a year shy of celebrating its centenary, retailer Woolworths Group PLC was on the verge of collapse Thursday as financial administrators appointed to the company raced to...
Government wades in to save Woolworths
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Kingfisher founder mulls Woolworths bid
Sir Geoff Mulcahy, the former chief executive of Woolworths, is mulling a bid
to take over more than half of the struggling retailer’s high street stores.
Woolworths nears end as buyer fails...
Woolworths is set to hold a closing down sale in the next few days after
administrators failed to find a buyer for the company's 813-store retail
chain.
Woolworths’ suitor set to sweeten...
Hilco, Woolworths’ suitor, has sweetened the terms of its £1 offer for the company’s retail division, keeping crisis talks over the company’s fate alive.
Woolworths CD business axes 700 workers
Entertainment UK (EUK), Woolworths CD and DVD distribution division, today
made 700 staff redundant after failing to find a buyer for the business.