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Topic: Yeomans in administration?

sleepyol

24/5/2012 at 2:17pm
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Hello all,

Apologies if this is old news but Yeomans apparently went in to administration last Wednesday. I dropped in to my local branch today to fund that they're having a closing down sale. According to the staff, only around 20 stores nationwide are planned to be kept open!

Edited to avoid confusion, and to include corrected information - Yeomans are not closing down, the business has been bought outright now including all 84 stores, and the 435 employees transferred across as part of the deal - full info at
http://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yorkshire/70912-/

carasash

24/5/2012 at 2:45pm
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Im sad i liked yeomans, my tent was born there.

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rochford6

24/5/2012 at 2:47pm
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the news on the internet is different, jobs have been saved after a pre pack deal was made see here

maybe the staff have not been told yet

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Fiona28

24/5/2012 at 2:52pm
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OMG that's awful. I would have thought in the current climate that companies such as Yeomans would have found it easier to keep going. Aren't more people choosing to go camping and won't they need equipment to take with them?

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rochford6

24/5/2012 at 2:54pm
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Fiona, they are still going, read my link above

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sleepyol

24/5/2012 at 4:12pm
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I hope that rochford6 is right and that the staff just haven't been told yet about the new deal. Yeomans is my nearest camping shop & useful for those bits'n'pieces that tend to be forgotten. They also have a reasonable range of tents out on display every year.

ALI162

24/5/2012 at 5:19pm
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We ordered some kit on-line from them on Sunday, it arrived on Tuesday... no problems here..

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the one in our local shopping mall was already closed. don't think it could put up with having Argos home bargains poundland AND the pine valley outlet store all in the same centre with mountain warehouse within a 5 min walk too.

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24/5/2012 at 6:32pm
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Our high street branch closed a few months back. I,m sure that they've struggled to compete with the warehouse-style of Go Outdoors (I am really growing to dislike that place) and the plethora of internet sites.

elizaD

24/5/2012 at 6:43pm
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The one in Hull closed too, but it was pants anyway. Hard to compete with Winfields!!!!

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dylan1975

24/5/2012 at 7:11pm
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leamington spa branch are also advertising a closing down sale

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bordercaz

24/5/2012 at 8:02pm
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Our local branch only opened last autumn.

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poppy.dog

25/5/2012 at 8:58am
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Quote: Originally posted by dylan1975 on 24/5/2012
leamington spa branch are also advertising a closing down sale

The recent window advertising says "Closing Down Prices"

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Ratty

25/5/2012 at 7:10pm
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I had this email from the Yeomans team today:

We will reply to the post on the forum. We are not closing down!

Hope that helps put your minds at ease, and I am sure they will be along in due course to fully reply.

Cheers Ratty

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Ratty

25/5/2012 at 7:41pm
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In fact, they have 10% off all tents this weekend, see here

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/banners/sky/yeomans25052012.swf

Cheers Ratty

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The Survivors

25/5/2012 at 11:18pm
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As mentioned above they have done a pre pack deal to save the business and jobs.

The new company was formed on 04/05/2012 and can easily be traced form the details on the web. The old owner company formed 21/10/1939 is shown on Companies House as in a voluntary arrangement.

I think their recent advertising methods caused confusion as the company is definately continuing.

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