Unsecured creditors owed £27.5m in REDgroup collapse

Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 01/03/2011 - 08:40 Unsecured creditors including publishers and other suppliers to Australia and New Zealand's failed bookgroup chain REDgroup Retail are owed some AUS$44m (£27.46m) it has been revealed. Some stores also look set to close. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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