House of Fraser in numbers

16,000 Employees, 5,900 directly and 10,100 employed in in-store concessions

£43.9m Losses in 2017, from £1.5m profit in 2016

6.3% Drop in sales last year, with total down to £787m

59 Number of UK stores. Before the sale, 31 were due to be axed

1849 Group founded when Hugh Fraser & James Arthur opened drapery shop in Glasgow.

£480m Price paid for majority stake in HoF by Sanpower in 2014