John Lewis-based flooring agency enters administration | EUROtoday

A flooring enterprise which traded out of John Lewis shops has gone into administration and is being wound down, with virtually 200 workers shedding their jobs.

The Floor Room, which offered carpets, laminate and different varieties of flooring, closed its concessions in 34 John Lewis outlets with “immediate effect” after administrator’s PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) had been appointed on Friday.

The firm, which had one in all its personal shops in London, mentioned it was unable to fulfil any excellent orders that had been positioned.

John Lewis informed the BBC that, whereas it didn’t personal the corporate, it was “working urgently to understand what this means for The Floor Room’s customers and colleagues”.

“If anyone has an outstanding order with the Floor Room, we are committed to doing everything in our power to help and support them,” an announcement from the retail large mentioned.

PwC mentioned prospects had been being advisable to contact cost card suppliers “about the possibility of obtaining a refund”.

Adam Seres, joint administrator at PwC UK, mentioned the Floor Room, which was based solely final 12 months, relied on its sister firm Carpetright for a lot of its operations and assist providers. He added the corporate was additionally affected by a cyber assault on Carpetright in April.

Carpetright fell into administration itself final month, earlier than the model and a few of its shops had been rescued in a deal which resulted in 1,500 workers shedding their jobs.

Mr Seres mentioned the Floor Room’s administration had been unable to safe funding or discover a purchaser following Carpetright’s insolvency, and the corporate’s “financial position meant it was impossible for the business to continue trading”.

“It is with sincere regret that this outcome has had to result in the redundancies of the majority of employees,” he added.

“We are committed to helping those affected and will work hard to ensure redundancy claims are processed as quickly as possible.”

PwC mentioned some staff on the Floor Room’s head workplace could be retained “for a short time to support in winding down operations”.