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More than 200 lose jobs as LateRooms and Superbreak collapse into administration

Tracey Pye and David Costley-Wood, from KPMG Restructuring, were appointed joint administrators to Laterooms, Superbreak and Malvern Travel Technology Limited, KPMG said today

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More than 200 employees across the LateRooms and Superbreak sites in Manchester and York will lose their jobs, as operations have ceased immediately.

The news follows the announcement of the firm's collapse this morning, which will affect tens of thousands of travellers who had prior bookings.

Administrators have retained 43 of its 253 employees as they continue to seek buyers for the business and its assets.

Tracey Pye and David Costley-Wood, from KPMG Restructuring, were appointed joint administrators to Laterooms, Superbreak and Malvern Travel Technology Limited.

KPMG said the Malvern group, which owns the companies, had significant cash flow pressure following news that a principal shareholder had defaulted on its debt repayments and would not be able to support the business in the short term.

The businesses ceased operations yesterday, prior to the appointment of the joint administrators.

Ms Pye said: “The directors of Malvern Group embarked upon an accelerated sales process to bring further investment into the business.

“However, with the cash position of the company deteriorating rapidly, this process was unfortunately unsuccessful, prompting the directors to take the difficult decision to appoint the administrators.”