16/01/2012

Peacocks Clothing Company In Debt Talks

Clothing retailer Peacocks is in talks with lenders regarding restructuring debts of around £240m.

If the Cardiff-based company's negotiations fail administration is a possibility.

The discount clothing store, which owns the Bonmarché chain, employs thousands across the UK and beyond.

The collapse of the firm would mark the biggest UK retail closure since Woolworths.

A spokesperson for one of the lenders, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), told BBC Wales that they would continue to support the company.

"New investors willing to inject sufficient capital could not be found," they said.

"If further funds are required then this is an issue for shareholders and for approval by a majority of the company's lenders."

(GK)

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