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UK butcher’s store plunges into liquidation – in enterprise for greater than 30 years

The store has been in enterprise for over 30 years.

The Surrey Butchers has shut after 30 years (Picture: Getty)

A butcher that has been in enterprise for 30 years has collapsed into liquidation. The Surrey Butchers in Godalming has appointed liquidators at present (Could 28), in line with the Gazette.

The store’s Instagram says they’ve been buying and selling in Godalming Excessive Avenue for over thirty years and “proceed to supply an excellent service to our clients”. It offered free-range meats together with poultry, sport, beef, lamb, and pork, resembling its award-winning Godalming sausages. The Surrey Butchers shared the closure on its web site, saying: “Sadly regardless of our greatest efforts we’ve got completely closed. We wish to thank all our clients for his or her previous assist.” Dermot Coakley and Svetland Chan from WSM Marks Bloom in Guildford have been appointed as liquidators. It is going to be a blow to clients, who say the butchers’ has a “nice, pleasant, useful staff” with “excellent” and “scrumptious” meat.

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The enterprise stated they’ve closed “regardless of their finest efforts” (Picture: Getty)

This comes after UK enterprise administrations surged by 41% in January 2026, pushed by high-street failures, rising wages, weaker shopper spending, and better working prices.

Official Insolvency Service statistics present 151 corporations entered administration in January, representing a 14% enhance in comparison with January 2025. By late February, insolvency charges remained elevated with vital retail and hospitality pressures.

Sarah Rayment, managing director and international co‑head of restructuring at Kroll, stated: “The important thing query at this level within the 12 months is whether or not misery and insolvencies will proceed to rise given the pressures going through UK companies. The fact is that each sector will face headwinds this 12 months.”

Todd Davison, managing director at Purbeck Insurance coverage Companies, stated enterprise failures also can have an effect on firm administrators personally.

“Many administrators may have signed private ensures to safe loans, overdrafts or commerce finance,” he stated, warning that failed ensures can put private property, together with property and financial savings, in danger.

Different manufacturers which have lately gone into administration embrace Nationwide Automobile Parks (NCP), which has been in enterprise for nearly 100 years, and Denby Pottery, which has been buying and selling since 1809 and is understood worldwide.

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