Dutch V&D department store business goes bust 31 December 2015 From the section Business Image copyright AFP Vroom & Dreesman, the largest Dutch department store chain, has declared itself insolvent. The company employs about 10,000 staff at 67 stores and hopes to remain open after a reorganisation of the business. “Together with the curators and…
Department store group V&D was declared bankrupt Thursday afternoon although the stores and La Place restaurants will remain open pending a potential relaunch. The bankruptcy was granted to make it easier to sell off or relaunch parts of the company, a spokesman for the receivers said. A number of potential buyers have come forward and…
Dec 31 Vroom & Dreesman, the largest Dutch department store chain, has been declared bankrupt, it said in a statement published on its website on Thursday. V&D, with 10,000 workers at 67 stores, has suffered in recent years as the Dutch economy stagnated and on-line stores won away customers. After weak sales in the Dutch…
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The board of directors of Romanian state-owned power producer Complexul Energetic Hunedoara (CEH) decided on Monday evening to ask for the companys voluntarily entry into insolvency. The energy company has total debts of RON 1.2 billion (some EUR 266 million) and several creditors have blocked its accounts. The board also decided to dismiss…
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