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The Works To Go On Sale For £80m After Fast Turnaround

Posted at 6:37AM Friday 30 Jul 2010

The owners of The Works plan to sell the discount bookseller for about £80m, following a significant turnaround at the 270-store chain that fell into administration in January 2008.

The Leeds-based private equity firm Endless is poised to appoint the accountancy firm KPMG to run a sale of the retailer, which is likely to commence in the first half of next year.

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