List of UK businesses entering administration during the 2008–2009 financial crisis explained

This is a list of UK businesses entering administration during the 2008–2009 financial crisis.

UK insolvent businesses

LSE listed companies that entered administration, by date, due to the impacts of the post-summer-2007 credit crunch and/or the late 2000s recession.

Company	Date	Administrators	Branch Closures	Job Losses	Further Information Source	Outcome
Principles	02/03/2009	Deloitte[1]				BBC News[2]
Viyella	07/01/2009	Poppleton & Appleby[3]				BBC News
Waterford Wedgwood	05/01/2008	Deloitte		367		BBC News[4]
Morgan	31/12/2008	KPMG[5]
USC	29/12/2008	PKF			Google Associated Press[6]
Adams Childrenswear	28/12/2008	PricewaterhouseCoopers[7]			BBC News[8]
Zavvi	24/12/2008	Ernst & Young[9]	22	178	BBC News[10] The Business Desk[11]
Whittard of Chelsea	23/12/2008	Ernst & Young			ITN[12]	Sold to private equity company Epic
The Officers Club	23/12/2008	PricewaterhouseCoopers			BBC News[13]	118 of the chain's 150 stores were sold, others closed
The Pier	04/12/2008	Mazars			BBC News[14]
MFI Group	26/11/2008	Menzies Corporate Restructuring	111[15]	1400	BBC News[16] [17]
Woolworths	26/11/2008	Deloitte	815	30,000 circa	Guardian[18]	Stores all closed by 6 January 2009
Rosebys	25/09/2008	KPMG			Telegraph[19]
XL Leisure	12/09/2008	Kroll[20]			BBC News[21]
Wrapit	04/09/2008	KPMG[22]	278	1256	WalesOnline[23]
Silverjet	30/05/2008	Begbies Traynor			BBC News[24]

Notes and References

1. News: Business | Mosaic firms into administration . BBC News . 2009-03-02 . 2012-12-09.
2. News: BBC News . BBC News . 2009-01-07 . 2013-07-24.
3. News: Julia Kollewe . Clothing chain Viyella falls into administration | Business | guardian.co.uk . Guardian . 2009-01-07 . 2012-12-09 . London.
4. News: BBC . BBC News . 2009-01-05 . 2013-07-24.
5. News: Mark Tran . Morgan goes into administration | Business | guardian.co.uk . Guardian . 2006-06-29 . 2012-12-09 . London.
6. https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j9Hfq38qX7nMA09YPDajzgcT1sFwD95CFFGO0 Associated Press
7. News: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/850-jobs-axed-at-adams-chain-1226820.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20090729195820/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/850-jobs-axed-at-adams-chain-1226820.html . dead . 29 July 2009 . London . The Independent.
8. News: BBC . BBC News . 2008-12-28 . 2013-07-24.
9. News: Macnamara . Kelly . Zavvi calls in the administrators - Business News - Business . The Independent . 2008-12-24 . 2012-12-09 . London.
10. News: BBC . BBC News . 2008-12-24 . 2013-07-24.
11. Web site: The Business Desk . The Business Desk . 2009-01-08 . 2013-07-24.
12. http://itn.co.uk/news/7a8ac792bd99947f16437e778189649c.html ITN
13. News: BBC . BBC News . 2008-12-23 . 2013-07-24.
14. News: BBC . BBC News . 2008-12-04 . 2013-07-24.
15. News: Business | Furniture chain MFI closes down . BBC News . 2008-12-19 . 2012-12-09.
16. News: BBC . BBC News . 2008-11-26 . 2013-07-24.
17. TimesOnline TimesOnline
18. News: Julia Finch, City editor, and Chris Tryhorn . Guardian . Guardian . 2008-11-26 . 2013-07-24 . London.
19. News: Telegraph . Telegraph . 2008-09-26 . 2013-07-24 . London . James . Hall.
20. Web site: Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity gossip . Birmingham Post . 2013-07-24.
21. News: BBC . BBC News . 2008-09-12 . 2013-07-24.
22. News: Hilary Osborne . Wrapit placed into administration | Money | guardian.co.uk . Guardian . 2008-08-04 . 2012-12-09 . London.
23. Web site: Walesonline . Walesonline . 2009-01-02 . 2013-07-24.
24. News: BBC . BBC News . 2008-05-30 . 2013-07-24.