Barratts Shoes enters administration again

Barratts Shoes has gone into administration for the third time in four years, putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk in Ireland and Britain.

Directors at the Bradford- based chain were left with no choice after an investor pulled out of a plan to inject £5m (€5.96m) at the end of last week as the company sought to shore up its finances, a statement said.

Philip Duffy and David Whitehouse of Duff & Phelps were appointed as administrators on Friday.