Petition to wind up Thurso firm is lodged with court
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THURSO would suffer "a big blow" if the family-run firm, A &D House Furnishers goes out of business, a local councillor has said.
Ron Gunn, a Thurso and Northwest Caithness ward representative, was speaking after it emerged the firm has sought a legal petition to be wound up and has asked for joint administrators to be appointed. A notice to that effect appeared in The Edinburgh Gazette, an official newspaper of record for the United Kingdom, published by H. M. Stationery Office. It contains legal and government notices, including notices of insolvency.
Councillor Gunn, who chairs Highland Council's Caithness Committee, said: "I have heard the shop is shut and will not open again. A&D House Furnishers was a long-established, family-run business which appears to have closed and that would be a loss for Thurso although we don't know what will happen there."
He added: "It was a well-used facility and supplied furniture and carpets over the years to many, many people in the area. If it is closing, and it appears to be, there will be a loss of jobs as well. That would be a big blow to the town.
"We have lost one or two other firms recently, including M&Co, while others are up for rent or sale and that is disappointing but there is the possibility of one of two opening up as well which would be good."
The announcement in The Edinburgh Gazette said that on February 14, a petition was presented at Wick Sheriff Court to wind up A&D House Furnishers Ltd, whose registered office is at The Shop, Harbour Road, Thurso.
It also asked for joint interim liquidators to be appointed.
The court ordered "the import of the petition and of this deliverance, and of the particulars specified in the Act of Sederunt to be advertised" in The Edinburgh Gazette and a regional newspaper. It also allowed eight days for any interested people to "show cause" why the petition should not be granted.
The agent for the petitioners was given as Inverness solicitors, Stronachs. No one from the firm or A&D House Furnishers was available for comment.
