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Jobs Lost As Sound Control Forced Into Administration

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Jobs Lost As Sound Control Forced Into Administration

Over 150 staff at Sound Control Holdings were told that they had lost their jobs yesterday after the musical instrument retailer was forced into administration.

The company, which operates twenty-six stores in the UK, has an annual turnover of £50million and employees a total of 338 staff.

Administrators Deloitte said that the retailer had fallen victim to competition on the internet and that attempts to sell the company had failed.

Staff at the company’s stores in Scotland yesterday said they had no idea that the company was in trouble.

Speaking to the Daily Record, one employee said that receivers had told him to “’Go to the Job Centre’.”

Sound Control, which is based in Dumfermline, also operates stores under the name Media Tools, Turnkey and Soho Sound House.
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  • My girlfriend lost £350 ordering me a guitar for my Thirtieth through these jokers. My thoughts are with the people who lost their jobs but that the directors have let it get to this stage has caused problems for many people. Certainly this has taken the shine off my May day weekend.

    ~ by Harvey K-Tel 5/3/2008

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  • Internet rivals aren’t to blame, it’s that they failed to add any value whatsoever to the products they sold... staff frequently knew nothing. They behaved like a supermarket rather than product specialists and then were surprised when people bought stuff from cheaper web stores who offered a similar supermarket type experience rather than concentrating on customer service and getting things right.

    ~ by Robert 5/22/2008

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