UK mobile operator claims poor management, not collusion, led to Phones 4U demise - Global Competition Review
![Ex-Phones 4U employee: How the retailer fell down around our ears, and BC Partners forgot to say goodbye | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard Ex-Phones 4U employee: How the retailer fell down around our ears, and BC Partners forgot to say goodbye | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard](https://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/09/19/11/Phones4U-1.jpg?width=1200)
Ex-Phones 4U employee: How the retailer fell down around our ears, and BC Partners forgot to say goodbye | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
![The Victoria Street branch of Phones4U, London. Mobile phone giant Vodafone said it was buying Singlepoint, the mobile phone services operation owned by entrepreneur John Caudwell, for 405 million. * The Newbury-based The Victoria Street branch of Phones4U, London. Mobile phone giant Vodafone said it was buying Singlepoint, the mobile phone services operation owned by entrepreneur John Caudwell, for 405 million. * The Newbury-based](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D334AJ/the-victoria-street-branch-of-phones4u-london-mobile-phone-giant-vodafone-said-it-was-buying-singlepoint-the-mobile-phone-services-operation-owned-by-entrepreneur-john-caudwell-for-405-million-the-newbury-based-mobile-phone-group-said-its-uk-arm-vodafone-uk-had-agreed-to-acquire-singlepoint-4u-a-wholly-owned-subsidiary-of-the-privately-owned-caudwell-group-which-owns-mobile-phone-retailer-phones4u-2D334AJ.jpg)
The Victoria Street branch of Phones4U, London. Mobile phone giant Vodafone said it was buying Singlepoint, the mobile phone services operation owned by entrepreneur John Caudwell, for 405 million. * The Newbury-based
![Phones 4u goes into administration – with 5,600 jobs at risk | Telecommunications industry | The Guardian Phones 4u goes into administration – with 5,600 jobs at risk | Telecommunications industry | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/15/1410771292951/Picture-shows-a-Phones-4u-008.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctYWdlLTIwMTQucG5n&enable=upscale&s=b26899724b62c437f871a6f161c76492)
Phones 4u goes into administration – with 5,600 jobs at risk | Telecommunications industry | The Guardian
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![Phones 4u: 2,400 staff set to lose jobs as mobile phone retailer shuts up shop | Mobile phones | The Guardian Phones 4u: 2,400 staff set to lose jobs as mobile phone retailer shuts up shop | Mobile phones | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/22/1411415692467/Phones-4u-goes-into-admin-014.jpg?width=465&quality=85&dpr=1&s=none)
Phones 4u: 2,400 staff set to lose jobs as mobile phone retailer shuts up shop | Mobile phones | The Guardian
![Mobile phone insurer hit with with £2.8m fine by watchdog for poor handling of complaints from Phones 4U customers who claimed they were missold policies | Daily Mail Online Mobile phone insurer hit with with £2.8m fine by watchdog for poor handling of complaints from Phones 4U customers who claimed they were missold policies | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/03/article-2354828-1AA4C468000005DC-272_1024x615_large.jpg)
Mobile phone insurer hit with with £2.8m fine by watchdog for poor handling of complaints from Phones 4U customers who claimed they were missold policies | Daily Mail Online
![The Phones 4u mobile phone shop on Oxford Street. .Billionaire John Caudwell,One of Britain's richest men today put his Phones4U retail business up for sale, after receiving a number of approaches from The Phones 4u mobile phone shop on Oxford Street. .Billionaire John Caudwell,One of Britain's richest men today put his Phones4U retail business up for sale, after receiving a number of approaches from](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G91307/the-phones-4u-mobile-phone-shop-on-oxford-street-billionaire-john-G91307.jpg)