Overview
- Westbridge Furniture, a major UK sofa and upholstery maker, went into administration in late March after efforts to find a buyer fell short.
- Administrators confirmed 297 redundancies, with a small number of employees kept on temporarily to close the business and to help colleagues file claims through the Redundancy Payment Service.
- Production at the Holywell, Flintshire site ended on April 2, bringing manufacturing to a stop as the company began winding down operations.
- The joint administrators sold Westbridge’s intellectual property and design rights to manufacturer Whitemeadow, which plans to work with existing retail partners to reintroduce the designs.
- Interpath said the collapse followed operational disruption, weak trading, and the loss of a key customer, reflecting wider strain on UK manufacturers that face higher costs and shifting retail demand.