Overview
- Company directors passed resolutions to wind up Leading Labels and Jeremy Bleazard of XL Business Solutions was appointed liquidator on May 26, 2026, as recorded in The Gazette.
- All 15 remaining UK branches have launched closing-down 'Everything Must Go' sales and are expected to shut, with full final closure dates not publicly confirmed.
- Public filings at Companies House show overdue accounts and the firm received a Registrar’s Gazette notice on March 10 warning it could be struck off the register.
- The retailer’s website is offline and customer phone and email lines are reported unresponsive, and the appointed liquidator will manage asset sales and creditor claims.
- The collapse follows wider pressure on UK retailers from higher operating costs, weaker footfall and online competition, a trend that has forced other fashion chains such as Quiz to close stores and may drive further job losses and consolidation on the high street.