Focus (DIY) Limited (01779190): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2011-05-05
- Administrators' firm
- EY
- Formerly
- Focus DO IT ALL Limited; Focus D.I.Y. Limited; Choice D.I.Y. Limited; Finesmooth Limited
- Incorporated
- 1983-12-19
- Location
- Manchester
- Industry
- 5248
Why it went into administration
- Property / lease costs
- Sustained trading losses
- Competition / price pressure
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
From the administrators' statement
At the time of the appointments, the Group was the number four DIY and gardening retailer in the UK, trading from 177 stores nationally, and employing c 4,000 employees in total, 3,646 of whom were employed tn the stores
The Group’s head office and management functions were operated from leasehold premises at Gawsworth House, Westmere Drive, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 6XB, where 264 head office staff were located
The Group also had operations at a national distribution centre in Tamworth, a c 585k sqft warehouse that is managed by a third party stock management operator, Wincanton, and transport operator, Lloyd Fraser There was also a dedicated IT centre in Paulton which housed the Groun’s retail [T ¢ stems
Administrators' statement of proposals (2011-07-04) · Companies House register