Premier Foreways, which has operated in Carlisle for 40 years, has entered liquidation, with five stores in the city set to close.
Post Office counters within the Foreways shops on Warwick Road; Newlaithes Avenue, and Wigton Road are now at risk, while the closure of Bedford Road means Carlisle loses its only FedEx parcel drop-off point for miles.
Armstrong Watson has been appointed by the owner to carry out the insolvency process as liquidators.
It means that Armstrong Watson will handle Premier Foreways affairs, identifying why the company has had to enter liquidation, conducting an inventory of its assets and selling them off to pay creditors.
When its counters are lost in shop closures, The Post Office typically…