Maplin: Administrators make head office job cuts and warn that stores will close unless a buyer comes forward

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Administrators to start closing stores as 63 head office redundancies are announced

The first staff have been made redundant at electronics retail chain Maplin after the administrators PwC indicated that potential buyers have either not come forward or tabled acceptable offers. It...

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