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.