Tapi has bought 54 Carpetright shops and two warehouses in a pre-pack administration.
Carpetright has been bought in a rescue deal by rival Tapi, but will shut more than 200 stores and cut more than 1,000 jobs.
However, it said 1,018 workers will face immediate redundancy across its stores which were not part of the rescue deal. Tapi was founded in 2015 by Lord Harris of Peckham, who also founded Carpetright. He sold all his stock in Carpetright in 2014.Jeevan Karir, managing director of Tapi Carpets & Floors, said: “Our goal, initially, was to try to save all of Carpetright.
“However, as we looked into the details of the situation, we quickly established that saving the entire business was unviable.” “Whilst we succeeded in finding a buyer, the deal is limited to a select number of stores rather than the business as a whole and will sadly impact a large number of colleagues and staff.
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