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Allied Carpets stores closed.


ALL three Allied Carpets stores in North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England.  have been shut down as the failed retail chain scrapped 142 outlets across the UK yesterday.

In total, more than 850 jobs will be axed nationally.

Yesterday, administrators BDO Stoy Hayward BDO Stoy Hayward LLP is a partnership of chartered accountants in the United Kingdom. It is the UK member firm of BDO International, the fifth largest worldwide network of professional service firms in the world.  said it had been unable to sell on the bulk of the flooring firm's branches amid fears over tough trading.

The three stores - in the Menai Retail Park, Bangor, Mostyn Champneys in Llandudno and Wrexham Retail Park - closed down last night. It is not yet known how many North Wales jobs have been lost.

The future of around another 120 jobs across the UK still hangs in the balance as BDO BDO Big Day Out (Australian music festival)
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 seeks to offload the remaining 20 outlets remaining in administration.

BDO has already sold 55 stores to a new firm set up by former Allied chief executive Clive Hutchings, having recently struck a deal to offload another four to the company called Allied Carpets Retail Limited.

Allied Carpets went into administration last month, with 21,000 orders still outstanding.

BDO said it was making good progress finishing the orders, with 16,000 fulfilled so far.
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Date:Aug 15, 2009
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