As #Wlico plunges into administration, and the family owners decline to express an interest in bidding for the firm themselves, my guess is attention is likely to turn to the amount of dividends the most recent generation of Wilkinsons extracted from the business in the last decade(s).

I wouldn't be surprised if it transpired that while #inflation & #supplychain issues contributed to the chain's demise, the extraction of capital will be seen to have played a major role in scuppering the firm!