{"id":55951,"date":"2023-10-27T10:31:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T08:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=751788"},"modified":"2023-10-27T12:35:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T10:35:26","slug":"wiggle-appoints-administrators-after-rumours-of-closure","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/wiggle-appoints-administrators-after-rumours-of-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiggle appoints administrators after rumours of closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Administrators revealed through Wiggle&#8217;s website and in The London Gazette <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Stan Portus\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 27 October 2023 at 08:31 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Wiggle has appointed administrators to handle the affairs, business and property of the online sports retailer.<\/p>\n<p>A notice was posted in the FAQ section of users\u2019 Wiggle accounts, first seen by BikeRadar yesterday, notifying customers of the appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the notice that Wiggle Limited has appointed the administrators was posted in <em>The London Gazette<\/em>, a journal in which certain statutory notices, such as administration and insolvency, must be posted.<\/p>\n<p>Wiggle has appointed Anthony John Wright and Alastair Rex Massey from FRP Advisory as administrators.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment of administrators follows the news that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/wiggle-chain-reaction-insolvency\/\">Wiggle and Chain Reaction faced insolvency<\/a> and were seeking self-administration.<\/p>\n<p>This came after a period of financial turmoil for Wiggle\u2019s owner Signa Sports United (SSU) and the termination of an unconditional \u20ac150 million Equity Commitment by Signa Holdings, an affiliate company of SSU.<\/p>\n<p>SSU deemed the termination \u201cunjustified\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The notice on Wiggle\u2019s website reads: \u201cAll orders made with Wiggle will continue to be delivered as usual, and our standard terms and conditions still apply for item returns and warranty claims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BikeRadar has contacted Wiggle for further information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019ve been affected by the Wiggle administration, we\u2019d love to hear from you at <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"mailto:news@bikeradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"mailto:news@bikeradar.com\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">news@bikeradar.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Administrators revealed through Wiggle&#8217;s website and in The London Gazette 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