Staffordshire-based firm Phones4U goes into administration
Staffordshire-based firm Phones4U has gone into administration.
Network operator EE to buy 58 Phones 4U stores
Network operator EE is to buy 58 Phones 4U stores.
The deal will save more than 350 jobs at the collapsed Staffordshire-based mobile phone retailer.
The firm went into administration last week.
Vodafone said on Friday it would buy 140 stores, securing more than 850 jobs.
EE said the stores and 359 employees will be transferred with immediate effect, although the location of the shops has not been disclosed.
The stores will be re-branded to EE and it is planned that most will be opened in the next week.
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