'No acceptable offers' to buy Beta Distribution before it went bust - administrator's report

Marian McHugh
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Foreign currency contracts and £10m overstatement of stock noted as key reasons for distributor's collapse

Beta Distribution contacted 19 potential buyers in a last-ditch effort to stave off insolvency, according to the administrator's report. The distributor went under in October 2018, owing around ...

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