BrewDog creditors owed £190m will not be paid in full, say administrators
The investments of BrewDog’s 200,000 ‘equity punks’ are now worthless. Photograph: Islandstock/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe investments of BrewDog’s 200,000 ‘equity punks’ are now worthless. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The GuardianStaff who were owed £489,000 in wages and holiday pay have already been compensated under the government’s redundancy payment scheme.But AlixPartners said there were not enough funds to repay the government, or to pay £2.4m in taxes owed to HM Revenue and Customs.
- ▪The investments of BrewDog’s 200,000 ‘equity punks’ are now worthless.
- ▪Photograph: Islandstock/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe investments of BrewDog’s 200,000 ‘equity punks’ are now worthless.
- ▪Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The GuardianStaff who were owed £489,000 in wages and holiday pay have already been compensated under the government’s redundancy payment scheme.But AlixPartners said there were not enough funds to repay the govern
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The investments of BrewDog’s 200,000 ‘equity punks’ are now worthless. Photograph: Islandstock/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe investments of BrewDog’s 200,000 ‘equity punks’ are now worthless. Photograph: Islandstock/AlamyBrewDogBrewDog creditors owed £190m will not be paid in full, say administratorsThere are ‘insufficient funds’ to pay unpaid wages, tax owed to HMRC and overdue bills, accountants sayRob DaviesFri 18 Sep 2026 10.24 EDTLast modified on Fri 18 Sep 2026 10.33 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAccountants picking over the remains of BrewDog, the “punk” beer company that collapsed earlier this year, have said that creditors who are owed about £190m will not be paid back.In an update on their progress, administrators at AlixPartners warned there were “insufficient funds”…
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