From The Independent:
Eight years and £15m after the business was set up, the administrators have been called in and all 13 centres in the UK have been closed. The company was taking advance payments until the day it went into liquidation.
Remember what happened in Australia with Dore? Those keeping an eye on Holford Watch will know – the tragedy doesn’t seem to stop. From the Administrator’s letter to their customers (in a PDF):
…due to the Companies’ financial position refunds are not possible…Whilst it is early in the Administration process, it appears very unlikely that there will be funds available to settle any claim you may have.
Yes. As they were taking advance payments. To back that up, Dore’s own FAQ (PDF) says:
As the Company will be in Administration there are no funds available to reimburse clients.
Of course, Holford Watch, like myself, points out the consumer rights bureau in that country, called Citizen’s Advice Bureau. Brainduck has some featured financial info too and if you’re in Australia you’ll be checking out my earlier post on the matter.
In the face of this, I’m not even going to mention some of the news reports and the ‘spin’ they put on it when parents are without the money they put in – yet there are a few out there. Those that caught my eye as being fairly decent reports included that Independent article and this from The Sun:
But watchdogs Ofcom found that Dore had breached rules on evidence, assessment of medical claims and impressions of professional advice and support.
Professor Maggie Snowling, a literacy expert based at York University, said: “You would never have a drug marketed on the basis of such flimsy evidence.”
Parents who have paid up front for courses are being told to go to the company’s website for temporary exercises.
Kenny Logan declined to comment on the fact that he is a director of the company which owns DORE.
I wonder if he still got paid?
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