29-03-2018 09:25 via theguardian.com

Bargain Booze owner Conviviality to file for administration

Plight of firm, also behind Wine Rack, puts 2,600 jobs at risk and threatens supplies to pubsConviviality, the company behind the off-licence chains Bargain Booze and Wine Rack, is to appoint administrators within a fortnight, putting 2,600 jobs at risk.
The impending administration has prompted warnings that beer pumps could run dry. More than 20,000 of Britain’s pubs are supplied by the company’s Matthew Clark division. The trade body, the British Beer and Pub Association, said man
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