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Fashion retailer Claire's collapses into administration in the United Kingdom and Ireland, putting more than 2,150 jobs at risk, amid declining sales and strong competition from online shopping services.
2025-08-13

British DIY retailer Homebase collapses into administration, threatening up to 2,000 jobs.
2024-11-13

British cinema chain Empire Cinemas collapses into administration with the immediate loss of 150 jobs.
2023-07-7

Bulb Energy, which supplies 1.7 million customers in the United Kingdom, collapses into administration, becoming the largest energy supplier to have ever collapsed. The company will also be the first energy supplier to be placed under "special administration", which means that the company will be run by the government regulator Ofgem.
2021-11-22

The United Kingdom surpasses 60,000 total deaths from COVID-19.
2020-12-3

British retail tycoon Philip Green's Arcadia Group collapses into administration, putting over 13,000 jobs at risk and becoming the United Kingdom's biggest corporate casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic so far. Arcadia CEO Ian Grabiner blames the pandemic for the company's demise, saying "the obstacles we encountered were far too severe".
2020-11-30

The United Kingdom reports a temperature reading of 38.1 C in Cambridge, the second highest UK temperature yet recorded. It is subsequently confirmed that a reading of 38.7 C is verified, also in Cambridge, beating the previous record of 38.5 C set in Faversham, Kent on 10 August 2003 to become the new national record.
2019-07-25

Wonga, the largest payday lender in the United Kingdom, collapses into administration.
2018-08-30

U.S. toy and juvenile-products retailer Toys "R" Us collapses into administration in the United Kingdom, putting 3200 jobs at risk.
2018-02-28

British music retailer HMV goes into administration after 90 years of trading, becoming the UK's latest large employer to experience financial hardship.
2013-01-14