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Former BrewDog staff have lost out on nearly £500,000 owed to them by the collapsed craft beer giant.
Administrators AlixPartners has reported that, six months into the firm’s winding-up process, there are ‘insufficient funds’ to pay ex-employees £489,000 in wage arrears and accrued holiday pay.
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AlixPartners → see → arrears
US drinks and medical cannabis firm Tilray took over the brewer in a £33million deal in March after BrewDog went into administration with debts of more than £500million.
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BrewDog → take → 500million
The sale saw the business, which was headquartered in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, shut 38 pubs and lay off 484 employees.
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which → see → employees
The holdings of 200,000 crowdfunding ‘Equity Punk’ investors, who helped grow the craft beer chain in the 2010s by buying shares in exchange for merchandise and discounts, became worthless.
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who → help → merchandise
Brewdog was wound-up earlier this year with staff informed of job losses during a 15-minute online call
Staff lost their jobs during a 15-minute online call in March, a process branded ‘morally repugnant’ by the Unite union.
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Staff → wind → union
Staff left the brewery without holiday or overtime pay and proposals published in March by Alix suggested they would get some of the money they were owed.
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they → leave → money
The administrators blame their inability to find the cash on poor returns from the sale of the closed bars plus extra costs from paying property managers and evicting squatters.
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administrators → blame → squatters
In a report to Companies House, AlixPartners said: ‘Administrators worked alongside landlords and agents to remove the squatters, but the unexpected security and court measures directly reduced net funds available from the retail estate.’
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measures → say → estate
The report also noted the sale of several BrewDog pubs fell through at the last minute, racking up expenses for legal advice and site management.
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sale → note → advice
HSBC will also lose out on £16.8million it paid to the brewery and the taxman will not be able to recoup £2.4million of unpaid VAT, PAYE and National Insurance.
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taxman → lose → VAT
Unsecured creditors owed £207.6million by BrewDog Retail Limited will receive nothing, while Alix warned creditors of parent company BrewDog PLC they will recover less than 1p for every pound they are owed.
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they → owe → pound
Reality TV star Georgia Toffolo this week posted images of a visit to Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire, with husband, Brewdog founder James Watt
The TV star posted an image of her wearing a tartan dress to thousands of followers on Instagram
American private equity firm TSG, who pumped over £160million into BrewDog in 2017 to acquire a stake, should expect to receive none of the £27million it is owed, the administrators confirmed.
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administrators → post → 27million
BrewDog PLC was still expected to pay HMRC £3.66million in tax liabilities.
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PLC → expect → liabilities
Founded in 2007 by James Watt and Martin Dickie, the business was valued at £1billion in 2017 during a ‘craft beer boom’.
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business → found → boom
But rising costs, falling consumer interest and allegations of poor working conditions brought multi-million-pound losses.
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costs → rise → losses
Mr Watt, now married to reality TV star Georgia Toffolo, recently launched a bid to buy back the firm and revealed plans to start another brewery.
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Watt → launch → brewery
Both he and Mr Dickie made £100million each from the business.
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he → make → business
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