on evening , december 23 , the menswear retailer the officers club ' s administrators pricewaterhousecoopers decided to close 32 of the 150 branches immediately . pricewaterhousecoopers also announced that timec 1215 limited had bought 118 of the branches for an undisclosed fee . timec 1215 is backed by jason charlton , principal executive of the chiefs club . this move benefits around 900 workers . the operations club began in the early 1990s in england and has headquarters at cramlington , northumberland .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.