Scotia Linen goes into administration

Aug 29 2008

Scotland's largest independent dry cleaning and laundry business closes shops and makes redundancies

Scotland’s largest independent laundry and dry cleaning business has gone into administration.

Scotia Linen Services employed 108 staff with 12 retail sites and six specialised outlets providing industrial scale laundry facilities for major corporate clients, including hotels and ferrries
 
Founded in 1992 as a single branch turnover at the Aberdeen company was more than £2 million.

Joint administrators Iain Fraser and Tom MacLennan, of Tenon Recovery, plan to continue trading Scotia Linen Services whilst seeking a buyer for the business as a going concern.
 
Fraser said: “Scotia Linen Services is a highly regarded specialist laundry and dry cleaning business with a good network of sites and a skilled workforce. 

"The company has grown steadily and has an excellent corporate client base and good penetration into the retail market. 

"This is a good opportunity for an established player wanting to expand through acquisition, or for an entrepreneur keen to move into the cleaning sector. 
 
“However we regret that in order to enable the business to continue trading, we have had to close premises in Whitburn (factory and shop), and shops in Newtown in Edinburgh, George St in Aberdeen and Cornhill in Aberdeen, resulting in 17 redundancies.”