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Zavvi saga over – 446 more job losses

By on February 18, 2009

The administration of Zavvi is finally over.

MCV reports that the last Zavvi stores on the High Street will shut next week. There have been some rescues:

  • Five stores sold to Head Entertainment, a new venture from former senior executives at Zavvi
  • A further five stores sold to HMV, raising the total to 19 (subject to clearance from the Competition Commission)
  • In total, the administrator claims to have saved 629 jobs.

446 more jobs added to the Job Loss Tracker.

About Nicholas Lovell

As well as founding Gamesbrief, Nicholas is a consultant to the games industry on online and corporate strategy and financial matters. He can be contacted at nicholas@gamesbrief.com Following a decade long financial career in the City of London, Nicholas founded Lodestar Partners, a corporate finance boutique that focused exclusively on the games industry. From 2006 to 2008, Nicholas was CEO of GameShadow, a games website and patching engine. He is a non-executive director of developer nDreams and provides consultancy services to a number of companies including Firefly and Huddle.