List of UK businesses entering administration during the 2008–2009 financial crisis

This is a list of UK businesses entering administration during the 2008–2009 financial crisis.

UK insolvent businesses

LSE listed companies that entered administration, by date, due to the impacts of the post-summer-2007 credit crunch and/or the late 2000s recession.

Company	Date	Administrators	Branch Closures	Job Losses	Further Information Source	Outcome
Principles	02/03/2009	Deloitte[1]				BBC News[2]
Viyella	07/01/2009	Poppleton & Appleby[3]				BBC News[2]
Waterford Wedgwood	05/01/2008	Deloitte		367		BBC News[4]
Morgan	31/12/2008	KPMG[5]
USC	29/12/2008	PKF			Google Associated Press[6]
Adams Childrenswear	28/12/2008	PricewaterhouseCoopers[7]			BBC News[8]
Zavvi	24/12/2008	Ernst & Young[9]	22	178	BBC News[10] The Business Desk[11]
Whittard of Chelsea	23/12/2008	Ernst & Young			ITN[12]	Sold to private equity company Epic
The Officers Club	23/12/2008	PricewaterhouseCoopers			BBC News[13]	118 of the chain's 150 stores were sold, others closed
The Pier	04/12/2008	Mazars			BBC News[14]
MFI Group	26/11/2008	Menzies Corporate Restructuring	111[15]	1400[15]	BBC News[16][17]
Woolworths	26/11/2008	Deloitte	815	30,000 circa	Guardian[18]	Stores all closed by 6 January 2009
Rosebys	25/09/2008	KPMG			Telegraph[19]
XL Leisure	12/09/2008	Kroll[20]			BBC News[21]
Wrapit	04/09/2008	KPMG[22]	278	1256	WalesOnline[23]
Silverjet	30/05/2008	Begbies Traynor			BBC News[24]