Almost 300 jobs lost as furniture manufacturer collapses owing £14m

Almost 300 jobs have been lost following the collapse of Ilkeston furniture manufacturer Westbridge Furniture, with administrators warning that unsecured creditors are unlikely to recover any money.

The company, part of the Belfield furniture manufacturing group, entered administration on March 23, 2026, with debts to secured lenders totalling approximately £5.7m. A new report from administrators Interpath reveals that all 298 employees have now been made redundant, while the company's statement of a... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
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