Administrators Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden from KPMG have confirmed the flagship store of Scottish retailer Watt Brothers will close in mid-December. The fourth-generation family-owned business operated a chain of department stores throughout Scotland, before entering administration on Friday
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Department store chain Watt Brothers has gone into administration, with Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden of KPMG LLP appointed as joint administrators. The fourth generation family-owned business, incorporated in 1915, operates a chain of department stores including its freehold flagship store on