UK food distributor G.M. Jones and Sons has gone into liquidation after nearly four decades in business.
The Pukka Pies supplier has been trading since 1989, and on Thursday, 23 April, a government gazette was issued notifying the public that Timothy Frank Corfield of Griffin and King had been appointed as its liquidator.
Liquidation is the legal process by which a business is wound up. This typically involves selling the company's assets to raise funds, which are then used to settle debts owed to creditors and shareholders.
"We are one of a handful of companies that sell Pukka Pies products, in fresh, frozen and unbaked form," the company writes on its website.
The firm delivers predominantly to the fast food industry across the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Shropshire regions
G.M. Jones and Sons had reported year-on-year sales growth, according to its website, yet becomes the latest in a growing string of British companies to collapse into liquidation.
The Mirror reported just one day earlier that liquidators had been appointed to a UK metal manufacturer that had been operating for nearly 70 years. Wragg Bros., a producer of steel tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, had David Farmer and Lloyd Biscoe appointed as liquidators on 16 April. Delivery services firm Quiver Delivery LTD also had liquidators appointed following a torrent of furious reviews targeting its service. On Monday, 13 April, Quiver Delivery appointed Ian Michael Rose and Paul Mallatratt, both of Abbey Taylor Jones Limited, as liquidators, according to a government gazette.
A prominent British gin distillery has additionally entered liquidation despite having produced half-a-million bottles annually. Notice of the liquidation of Chase Distillery Limited was published in a government gazette on Friday, 27 March. The firm, a British spirits producer owned by multinational beverage giant Diageo, has undergone a substantial restructuring process, which has resulted in the closure of its original production site.
Four travel companies have also collapsed in 2026, leaving scores of holidaymakers with cancelled bookings.
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