Liquidation for House of Beauly

By SCOTT REID
Published on 11/08/2012 00:00

House of Beauly, a tourist, gift and clothing outlet near Inverness, has gone into liquidation with the loss of 14 full and part-time jobs.

The centre, which also houses a café, had traded for more than 20 years, but its fortunes are said to have reversed in recent years as customer numbers and revenues fell.

Ken Pattullo and David Menzies of Begbies Traynor have been appointed as joint provisional liquidators, it was announced yesterday.

Menzies said: “Unfortunately, without the funds available to pay staff wages, we were left with no choice but to make four staff redundant immediately. A further ten will remain with us to help us liquidate the stock over the coming weeks, but I am afraid there isn’t any real hope of retaining any jobs within the business.”