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Raleigh owner starts insolvency proceedings

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Barnes, L. (2026, August 6). Raleigh owner starts insolvency proceedings. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gv45w4j8eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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Accell, the Dutch owner of Raleigh, has initiated insolvency proceedings after "exhausting all available options" and being unable to meet its financial obligations. Accell purchased Raleigh in 2012 for $100m, but the company has experienced a difficult period with redundancies in 2024 and losses of £30m in the following year. Raleigh was founded in Nottingham in 1887 and at one point employed around 8,000 people before stopping bike production in the city decades ago. Accell's chief executive Jonas Nilsson described the situation as "a deeply sad and frustrating" development.

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Accell, the Dutch company that owns Raleigh, a famous bike manufacturer based in Nottingham, has started insolvency proceedings. This means that Accell is no longer able to pay its debts and is seeking help from court-appointed administrators to manage the company's assets and operations. The decision comes after a difficult period for Raleigh, which made £30m in losses in 2024 and underwent redundancies. Despite efforts by Accell to restructure the business, none of these attempts have been successful, leading to this decision. Raleigh was founded in 1887 and at one point employed around 8,000 people, but it stopped making bikes in Nottingham decades ago and has since downsized. Accell bought Raleigh for $100m in 2012, but is now saying that it can no longer meet its financial obligations.

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Liam Barnes

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Accell Netherlands Nottingham Raleigh external

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external ORG · 5× Raleigh GPE · 4× Accell ORG · 3× Nottingham GPE · 2× BBC Radio Nottingham ORG · 1× Eastwood PERSON · 1× Jonas Nilsson PERSON · 1× Netherlands GPE · 1× Nilsson PERSON · 1× Sounds ORG · 1×

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Our immediate focus is to support an orderly process, provide clarity wherever possible, and work with the relevant court-appointed administrators to preserve viable activities and employment where circumstances allow.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-08-06

2026-08-06 · BBC News

Raleigh owner starts insolvency proceedings · assertive framing

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- Published The company that owns iconic Nottingham bike manufacturer Raleigh has begun insolvency proceedings. asserted

that → publish → proceedings

Accell, based in the Netherlands, bought Raleigh for $100m in 2012 but said on Wednesday it had "exhausted all the available options" and was "no longer able to meet its financial obligations". asserted

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It comes after a difficult period for Raleigh, which saw redundancies in 2024 and losses of £30m in accounts released the following year. asserted

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Jonas Nilsson, chief executive of Accell, said it was "a deeply sad and frustrating situation". asserted

it → say → Accell

Raleigh was founded in Nottingham in 1887 and at one stage was the biggest bicycle maker in the world, employing about 8,000 people at its peak. asserted

Raleigh → found → peak

It stopped making bikes in the city decades ago, and in 2024 it vacated its headquarters on Church Street in Eastwood to move to new premises less than a mile away. asserted

it → stop → premises

Announcing plans to initiate insolvency proceedings, Nilsson said Accell had worked "to restructure [its] operations and finances". asserted

Accell → announce → operations

"Every realistic option for the future of the business has been tirelessly explored, and none have resulted in a solution to continue the group in its current form," he said. " asserted

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