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Online Pet Retailer Pet Planet Enters Administration After 27 Years

A legal pause on creditor claims gives BDO eight weeks to outline a rescue, sale or wind-down plan.

Overview

  • Pet Planet, the Livingston-based online retailer, has entered administration with BDO’s James Stephen and Kiri Holland appointed as administrators, according to official filings.
  • Reports say the company ceased trading at the end of March, and the retailer has not issued a public statement on its position.
  • Administration is a formal insolvency process that freezes most creditor action and hands day-to-day control to licensed insolvency practitioners.
  • The administrators must present proposals within eight weeks that could keep the business going, transfer it to a buyer, or wind it up and pay creditors in order.
  • The company served more than 100,000 customers a year over nearly three decades, highlighting the potential knock-on effects for shoppers, staff and suppliers during the review.