Jewellery and watch repair firm InTime is set to collapse into liquidation with staff given the news just days before Christmas. The firm that was founded in 1981 and at one time reportedly carried out more than 500,000 repairs a year has closed "for the foreseeable future".
The company, which had around 50 branches, including one in St David's Shopping Centre, Cardiff, reportedly shut up shop on December 22, leaving staff bereft just days before Christmas. The Cardiff branch had long operated from Debenhams department store before moving to a pop-up in the shopping centre when it closed.
In a note on their now closed website, InTime are advising people who had left items with them to be cleaned or repaired to contact the liquidators for their return. The full message read: "We regret to inform out customers that the company has now ceased to trade. The stores and the website are now closed and will remain so for the foreseeable future.