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BrewDog Enters Administration as Tilray Buys Brand, With 38 Bars to Close and 484 Jobs Lost

A separate collapse at Pagazzi Lighting underscores wider pressure on high street retailers.

Overview

  • Administrators AlixPartners were appointed this week after Draft House Holding Limited confirmed the move on March 5.
  • Tilray Brands agreed a reported £33 million rescue purchase of BrewDog's global brand, UK brewery in Ellon and Hop Hub distribution centre in Motherwell, plus 11 venues in the UK and Ireland.
  • Thirty‑eight bars are shutting permanently, leading to 484 redundancies, including nine sites in London, nine in Scotland and the DogHouse hotel in Manchester.
  • Around 733 UK roles are set to transfer to Tilray as part of the asset purchase, preserving a significant portion of the workforce.
  • Pagazzi Lighting also entered administration, closing 11 stores with about 70 redundancies, as its online division acquired the brand and assets to continue trading.