Overview
- Westbridge Furniture and Belfield Leisure, which entered administration Monday, are now being run by Interpath partners Chris Pole and Will Wright.
- Westbridge employs about 300 people in Holywell and Belfield Leisure about 200 in Ilkeston, with most staff kept on for now and a small number already made redundant.
- Interpath plans to keep Belfield Leisure trading as a going concern and to keep Westbridge operating long enough to finish existing orders while inviting buyers.
- The companies were folded into new entities in February 2025 via a pre‑pack deal, then faced operational disruption, the loss of a key customer, soft sales, high interest rates and inflation that strained cash flow.
- Other Belfield Group firms, including Tetrad Furniture and Clinchplain Foam and Fibre, continue to trade, and the fate of roughly 500 jobs hinges on whether a buyer steps in.