on tuesday , april 23 , the menswear shop the officers club ' s manager pricewaterhousecoopers announced to close 32 of the 150 stores immediately . pricewaterhousecoopers also announced that timec 1215 plc had bought 118 of the supermarkets for an undisclosed fee . timec 1215 is backed by david charlton , chief administrator of the inspector club . this deal saved approximately 900 jobs . the officers cup began in the middle 1990s in sunderland and has headquarters at cramlington , northumberland .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.