Comet cuts further 735 jobs The insolvent electrical chain Comet is cutting hundreds more jobs, its administrators have said. Deloitte said there would be a further 735 redundancies at its head office, central functions and across its home delivery network. This is in addition to 330 redundancies already announced. The business had employed 6,611 people. … Continue reading
The electrical chain Dixons is offering Christmas jobs to hundreds of Comet staff who face redundancy because their firm is insolvent. The administrators, appointed last week, are keeping the Comet stores open in the hope of finding a buyer. But the outlook for the 7,000 staff is bleak and they all face potential redundancy. Sebastian … Continue reading
More than 6,000 jobs are at risk as the troubled high-street electricals chain Comet teeters on the edge of administration. Comet, the UK’s second largest electrical specialist after Dixons, has struggled to make headway as supermarkets and online retailers such as Amazon targeted the cut-throatmarket, and could go into administration as soon as Thursday. It … Continue reading
Hundreds of jobs are to be lost in Hull after electrical retailer Comet announced it was closing a call centre in the city. Comet said last year it would close a site in Hull or Clevedon, near Bristol, as part of a restructuring programme. It has now confirmed it is closing the centre in George … Continue reading