Spirit of the Andes in Prestbury closes

Prestbury shop, Spirit of the Andes, went into liquidation on 20 July 2015, with Daryl Warwick and Mark Ranson of Armstrong Watson appointed joint administrators.

Founded in 1993, Spirit of the Andes sold garments made by artisan knitters in Peru and Bolivia using high-end alpaca fibres and pima cotton.

The company’s premium knitwear products were sold in shops across the UK, Ireland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Japan.

Ranson said: “The business failed following a numbers of years of loss-making trading, partially brought about by being committed to property leases on loss-making shops.”

The business had 12 shops: Prestbury, Bakewell, Ludlow, Hornby in Lancashire, Hay-on-Wye, Oakham, Lavenham, Bath, Sherborne, Alresford , and Amersham.

The Prestbury shop closed this week with the loss of one job.