Brooks group gets court protection

An interim examiner has been appointed to the group operating the Brooks, Heat Merchants and Tubs and Tiles businesses.

Management restructuring proposals for the group include redundancies and branch closures, the High Court heard.

Mr Justice Brian McGovern yesterday granted an application by James Doherty, counsel for BHT Group Ltd, to appoint Kieran Wallace of KPMG as interim examiner to the companies, which have 59 shops. The group has debts of €31.8m, including €21.8m to unsecured trade creditors.