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Offline Viking

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Unipart gone into administration
« on: July 24, 2014, 05:45:10 pm »
Just heard this afternoon....

UNIPART Automotive - one of the UK's largest suppliers of car parts and garage equipment - has gone into administration with the loss of more than 1,200 jobs. Surprised that after managing to weather the financial crisis of the past few years that just as things are getting better they're hitting difficulties.
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2014, 05:52:57 pm »
yeah, think its in administration, so they might be able to sell bits of it and save some jobs.
from my desk, the Unipart place is just across the road  :sad1:
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2014, 05:54:14 pm »
Heard it was in trouble a few weeks ago
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2014, 07:47:23 pm »
Unipart Rail is going great guns, might just be cutting off parts of the business not pulling their weight. Think they've been under big pressure from Andrew Page.
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2014, 09:00:44 pm »
Andrew Pages have bought most of their offices/warehouses
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2014, 11:43:19 pm »
I worked for unipart until last December. It was just a matter of time to be honest. Shame really, because they're a great company to work for
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2014, 07:52:50 am »
Euro car parts are ruining the UK car parts system.

There a huge American company called lkq there in bed with insurance already. There trying to take over pretty much everyone to become the number on supplier.

Then it's only a matter of time till there supplying your dry good,paint and parts in an insurance claim .

Cars over three years old already get non  gen parts fitted to them.
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2014, 07:54:14 pm »
Used to use partco a lot years ago, Andrew page is big round where I live now
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2014, 08:14:41 pm »
I hope they don't go under im in love with one of the delivery drivers :ashamed: She makes me go all funny down below :evilgrin:
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2014, 08:35:12 pm »
Quote from: sootpig on July 25, 2014, 08:14:41 pm
I hope they don't go under im in love with one of the delivery drivers :ashamed: She makes me go all funny down below :evilgrin:

She'll be looking for another way to make money soon... :jumpmove:
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2014, 09:35:01 pm »
Quote from: Karl_mac_ on July 25, 2014, 08:35:12 pm
Quote from: sootpig on July 25, 2014, 08:14:41 pm
I hope they don't go under im in love with one of the delivery drivers :ashamed: She makes me go all funny down below :evilgrin:

She'll be looking for another way to make money soon... :jumpmove:
Ouch! What are you saying about my sweetheart :sad:
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2014, 09:38:09 pm »
I used unipart for years but the last couple their prices got way to expensive, I changed to a place called dmfx in darlington on the advice of maxitrol, and the difference was huge, by far the best motor factors IMO.
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2014, 10:13:10 pm »
I use DMFX for all my stuff for the van. Apart from them always trying to sell me oil when I go for filters they're great. But they'll never beat my prices for oil...  :grin:
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Re: Unipart gone into administration
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2014, 10:47:22 pm »
Take it the other parts of Unipart will still be functioning...
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