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HMV administrators announce 190 job losses

Posted at 8:09PM Thursday 31 Jan 2013

About 190 jobs have been shed across HMV's head office and distribution network, administrators for the retailer have announced.

Deloitte, appointed to run HMV on 15 January, say no redundancies have been made at the shops and all outlets continue to trade.

The administrators have been in talks with restructuring specialist Hilco about taking over the business.

BBC

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