Halfords entrepreneurs make a new start – Financieele Dagblad (Registration)

Halfords entrepreneurs make a new start – Financieele Dagblad (Registration)

Halfords store in Rotterdam

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The franchisees Halfords make a new start with the store. They take the time being about 17 stores from the bankruptcy estate and taking nine other branches on stocks. The parties are still discussing the sale of 14 outlets.

The curators, Rinke Dulack and Robbert Roeffen, have reached agreement on . The entrepreneurs, who already had 28 stores, soon gave up after the bankruptcy that they would prefer to continue with the Halfords name and perhaps wanted to buy in stores

Daarnaast bought franchisees parts of headquarters to control the franchise from a slimmed strong central organization. Is expected to provide the new organization employs approximately 75 to 100 Halfords- former employees.

Sum

If further negotiations went well, the new Halfords organization can grow from 45

stores now for nearly 60 stores. It is expected that by mid-January 2015, more clarity.

Peter Brown of the Halfords franchise association is not much doubt about itself . “If I make the sum – former employees have reported a store and another party wants with five stores – that must succeed.”

buy Together

Halfords will therefore not need to connect more with a purchasing, as intended. “With sixty shops we do have the power to negotiate directly with suppliers.

It is, according to the spokesman of Halfords Netherlands still not known when the acquired stores will be opened again. “That will vary by store. For example, there are still people to be adopted. “

Big bottles of champagne

An important part of the negotiations, he said, was the acquisition of the company name. “The reputation of Halfords is over 90%. Franchisees knew this too. “

The market reacted with joy at the restart, says Halfords entrepreneur Bruin Den Helder . “The first suppliers have already large bottles of champagne delivered.”