Rescued HMV pushes on with new board members
8 April 2013
New faces have joined the board of rescued retailer HMV – and the firm is currently recruiting on the shop floor.
Mon, 8 Apr 2013New faces have joined the board of rescued retailer HMV – and the firm is currently recruiting on the shop floor.
The company was acquired on Friday by retail restructuring specialist Hilco UK from administrators Deloitte. The business includes 141 stores, 25 of which had been slated for closure by the administrators, and the sale secures 2,643 jobs, according to Deloitte.
While HMV’s website makes no reference or link to any careers or ‘join us’ section, the external jobs website provided by Changeworknow has several live in-store vacancies in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and England.
In January and February, a total of 250 redundancies were made in the company’s head office and distribution network, while 81 stores employing 987 people were closed. Recruiter was told Hilco could not comment at this early stage on whether HMV would look to these people to fill future vacancies – or make any comment further than a statement posted on its website.
The HMV UK business “will be initially led by a Hilco team working alongside existing management”, with a number of senior Hilco staff joining the company and chief executive officer Paul McGowan becoming HMV chairman. Hilco also declined to comment on how long this arrangement would be valid for.
The company was acquired on Friday by retail restructuring specialist Hilco UK from administrators Deloitte. The business includes 141 stores, 25 of which had been slated for closure by the administrators, and the sale secures 2,643 jobs, according to Deloitte.
While HMV’s website makes no reference or link to any careers or ‘join us’ section, the external jobs website provided by Changeworknow has several live in-store vacancies in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and England.
In January and February, a total of 250 redundancies were made in the company’s head office and distribution network, while 81 stores employing 987 people were closed. Recruiter was told Hilco could not comment at this early stage on whether HMV would look to these people to fill future vacancies – or make any comment further than a statement posted on its website.
The HMV UK business “will be initially led by a Hilco team working alongside existing management”, with a number of senior Hilco staff joining the company and chief executive officer Paul McGowan becoming HMV chairman. Hilco also declined to comment on how long this arrangement would be valid for.
- Click to read recruiter.co.uk’s January analysis of high-street employment prospects, as the start of 2013 saw HMV as one of several high-profile retailers in the mire, or for more on the retail recruitment niche.
