The 23 Carpetright stores are closing across London, from Croydon to Ealing Common

Carpetright has been rescued from administration but 213 stores will close across the country, including 23 in London. The flooring and bedding retailer has been bought in a rescue deal by rival Tapi, but has to cut more than 1,000 jobs in the process.

Tapi has agreed to take over 54 stores and two warehouses, but hundreds of stores are expected to close within days, including those on Croydon’s Purley Way, Bromley High Street, Ealing Common, Staples Corner and Romford . Administrators at PwC said the deal would save more than 308 current jobs at Carpetright.

Carpetright filed for the appointment of administrators earlier this month after struggling in the face of weaker demand and a major cyber attack in April. The company employed 1,852 people and operated 273 stores in the UK before it went into insolvency, but 1,018 workers will face immediate redundancies at its stores, which were not part of the rescue deal.

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Zel Hussain, joint administrator at PwC, said: “The sale of stores and the brand to Tapi has saved over 300 jobs and gives the Carpetright brand the chance to continue and flourish under its new ownership. However, it is deeply saddened that there will be redundancies for the rest of the workforce. We are committed to helping those affected and will ensure that redundancy claims are processed as quickly as possible.”

What happens to orders placed when branches close

Administrators said orders placed at stores now set to close “cannot be fulfilled” and advised customers to contact their card provider to secure a refund. Tapi was founded in 2015 by Lord Harris of Peckham, who also founded Carpetright. He sold all his shares in Carpetright in 2014.

Tapi has grown rapidly in recent years and has around 175 stores in the UK. Jeevan Karir, managing director of Tapi Carpets & Floors, said: “Our aim initially was to try to save all of Carpetright. However, as we analyzed the details of the situation, we quickly determined that saving the entire business was unviable.”

Mr Karir added that Tapi was “conscious of how the competition authorities would look at any business” when assessing how many stores it could save through a rescue deal. Nestware chief executive Kevin Barrett said: “Our focus over the past week has been to secure external investment to ensure job security for a number of Carpetright colleagues across the country.

“While we have been able to find a buyer, the deal is limited to a select number of stores rather than the business as a whole and will unfortunately affect a large number of colleagues and staff. We have tried everything to turn Carpetright around and I am very sorry that we have not been able to save more jobs.”

Carpetright has recently suffered from weaker demand for carpets as homeowners turned to hard floors, as well as a major cyber attack in April that halted trading. It said earlier this month that the cyberattack’s impact on sales had hurt the company’s efforts to restructure its operations in recent months.

Here’s a full list of the 23 London stores expected to close in the coming days, as provided by PwC.

Note: Stores initialed “FV” are within Furniture Village stores

Beckton – Beckton Triangle Retail Park

Brentford – Great West Trading Estate

Bromley – High Street

Chadwell Heath – High Road

Charlton – Stone Lake Retail Park