The company announced today that it had made "the difficult decision" to appoint voluntary administrators after almost 90 years in business.
Leading Aussie vacuum retailer Godfreys Group has entered voluntary administration, affecting the employment of approximately 193 staff across Australia and New Zealand.
The Administrators will continue to trade the Godfreys business while undertaking an immediate operational restructure and sale process. Allen said her late father, Godfrey's co-founder, John Johnston, had re-entered the workforce aged 100 after the family bought the company back to private ownership in 2018.The late John Johnston bought back Godfreys aged 100 in 2018,
Finance firm PwC will seek to sell the business, as well as review and operational restructure that would see stores close across Australia and New Zealand.
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