| Floors-2-Go | |
| Type: | Retail |
| Foundation: | 1999 |
| Defunct: | 2017 |
| Location City: | Birmingham |
| Location Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locations: | 30 (2015) |
| Key People: | Robert Hodges Richard Hodges |
| Area Served: | United Kingdom Northern Ireland |
| Industry: | Retail trade |
| Products: | Flooring |
| Fate: | Liquidation |
Floors-2-Go was a wood flooring retailer in the United Kingdom, established in 1999. In 2012, the company's affiliates took over Allied Carpets in a pre-pack administration deal.[1]
Floors-2-Go was founded in 1999 as a family business, with the first store opening in Birmingham. In 2004, the firm floated on the London Stock Exchange. This saw the firm evolving from cash-and-carry (wholesale)-type warehouses to retail superstores.[2]
In 2005, Floors-2-Go opened its first stores in Northern Ireland.[3] Later that year, the company announced plans to expand to around 350 stores.[4]
In 2007, Floors-2-Go was sold for £52.4 million to its directors and private equity firm Alchemy Partners, at which point it ceased trading on the London Stock Exchange.[5]
In 2008, the firm entered administration for the first time, with its business hit by a slump in the housing market.[6] The administrators, Kroll immediately closed 41 of the group's 132 stores, resulting in 97 redundancies from a workforce of around 450 .
The firm was saved but entered administration for a second time in 2011. Senate Recovery, the administrators, closed a further 53 stores, but retained 35.[7]
In 2014, the business entered administration for the third time. MB Insolvency were appointed administrators, and made a further reduction in the number of stores and staff...[8] However, the business re-entered administration the following year, this time with a jail threat to the brothers who owned the chain.[9]
The company was eventually dissolved in 2017.[10]