BHS is to disappear from the high street, resulting in the loss of up to 11,000 jobs, after administrators failed to find a buyer for the retailer.
The business will be wound down and all BHS's 163 shops will close and be sold off to other retailers. Administrator Duff & Phelps said that 8,000 permanent jobs are likely to be lost and another 3,000 not directly employed by BHS are also at risk. Roughly 800 Scottish jobs will be lost.
The news comes after last-ditch rescue bids from former Mothercare boss Greg Tufnell and Mike Ashley's Sports Direct failed.
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Duff & Phelps said: "Although multiple offers were received, none were able to complete a deal due to the working capital required to secure the future of the company."
The administrator added that BHS will be in "close-down sale mode" over the coming weeks as it proceeds an "orderly wind-down" of the business.
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Philip Duffy, managing director of Duff & Phelps, said: "The British high street is changing and, in these turbulent times for retailers, BHS has fallen as another victim of the seismic shifts we are seeing.
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"The tireless work and goodwill of the existing management team and employees of BHS with the support of my team were not enough to change the fortunes of the company."
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