Calvetron Brands files for administration

Calvetron Brands Limited has filed for administration. The group, which operates in the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland and United Arab Emirates, has appointed Benjamin Wiles, Philip Duffy and Trevor Birch of Duff & Phelps as their administrators this Friday, as confirmed by Duff & Phelps to FashionUnited. The company is responsible for the brands Jacques Vert, Précis, Dash and Eastex. Currently, it employs 1408 people -- 997 in the UK, 155 in Ireland and 256 in Canada, putting more than a thousand jobs at risk.