Two mountain bike manufacturers in West Yorkshire have gone into administration. Orange Mountain Bikes and P Bairstow employed more than 40 staff with administrators from BDO are working to complete a sale of the business and assets.
Founded in 1988, Orange Mountain Bikes manufactures bikes and sells on to retailers, as well as directly to customers online. Also based in Halifax, P Bairstow meanwhile manufactures high end mountain bike frames for Orange Mountain Bikes, as well as providing precision engineering services to third parties.
The financial performance of the businesses was impacted by Covid-19 restrictions, which caused industry wide supply disruption in 2021 and 2022, increasing costs and specific sector challenges. In the …
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