Overview
- BTG’s George Lafferty was appointed administrator last week following a prolonged cashflow squeeze.
- Eleven outlets closed on Wednesday, March 4, including branches at Braehead Shopping Centre in Glasgow and Uddingston.
- Seventy employees were made redundant after consultations confirmed the sites could no longer trade viably.
- Pagazzi Lighting (Web) Limited bought the business and assets to continue operations online and through remaining outlets.
- BTG said affected staff are being supported with entitlements via PACE and the Redundancy Payments Service after an earlier restructuring failed to stabilise the business.