MWB Group Holdings

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MWB Group Holdings
Industry Property
Founded1982
Headquarters London, UK
Revenue £277.8 million (2008) [1]
£17.1 million (2008) [1]
£(9.9) million (2008) [1]
Website www.mwb.co.uk

MWB Group Holdings was a British-based property investment and development business. Headquartered in London, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange, before being put into administration in 2012. [2] [3] As of late 2015, together with MWB Management Services, and MWB Serviced Office Holdings, the company was recorded by Companies House as "in liquidation". [4] [5] Also as of late 2015, hospitality business magazine The Caterer listed MWG Group Holdings as "no longer trading". [6]

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Operation

The Group's business interests included providing serviced office accommodation at offices in the UK through a 71.5% interest in MWB Business Exchange plc.[ citation needed ] MWB were also involved in the operation of the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin hotel chains, as well as the Liberty & Co. department store on Regent Street in the West End of London's shopping district. Opened originally in 1874 by Arthur Lasenby Liberty, Liberty & Co. was sold for an undisclosed fee in 2010.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Financial Summary". MWB Group website. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  2. "Administration for MWB Group Holdings". BBC News. 16 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. "MWB claim for £8.3m is written off". Financial Times. 20 November 2012.
  4. "MWB Group Holdings - Filing History". Companies House (UK). Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  5. "MWB Group Holdings - Liquidators Progress Report". Companies House (UK). 16 December 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  6. "Catering & Hospitality News - MWB Group Holdings (No longer trading)". The Caterer . Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.