<p>Budget retailer and 12,000 jobs at risk after US owner fails to accept buyout offers</p><p>MPs have called on the government to protect <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/poundland-discount-retail">Poundland</a> and other high street stores from “predatory capitalism” and asset-stripping.</p><p>The fate of the retail chain and its 12,000 staff remains uncertain after it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/29/poundland-brink-administration-12000-jobs-at-risk">filed a notice</a> of intention to appoint administrators at the high court last Thursday. The US restructuring specialist Gordon Brothers, which controls Poundland, has lined up the advisory company AlixPartners to run the process.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/03/protect-poundland-mps-tell-government-retail">Continue reading...</a>
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Protect Poundland from predatory capitalism, MPs tell government
<p>Budget retailer and 12,000 jobs at risk after US owner fails to accept buyout offers</p><p>MPs have called on the government to protect <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/poundland-discount-retail">Poundland</a> and other high street stores from “predatory capitalism” and asset-stripping.</p><p>The fate of the retail chain and its 12,000 staff remains uncertain after it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/29/poundland-brink-administration-12000-jobs-at-risk">filed a notice</a> of intention to appoint administrators at the high court last Thursday. The US restructuring specialist Gordon Brothers, which controls Poundland, has lined up the advisory company AlixPartners to run the process.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/03/protect-poundland-mps-tell-government-retail">Continue reading...</a>