Bee Equipment closing down .

[Superlativesoul]

Hi All
This came up on my feed to say Bee equipment ceased trading on the 15th October at 3pm any orders placed before this date will be fulfilled within 7 working days .it was only yesterday I was getting sales literature through .
John
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/ymp9bkhJ8utJdFJG/

 

[Erichalfbee]

Are they just trading under a different name now?

 

[Newbeeneil]

Are they just trading under a different name now?

Patrick will probably pop up as a director of Hagan Bees within a few months.

 

[robinharman]

More likely to be Beesrus Ltd...
(Companies House)

 

[Newbeeneil]

More likely to be Beesrus Ltd...
(Companies House)

He’s been a director of that for the last 4 years, but you may be right that it might morph into BE 2 🤣

 

[Rory Fields]

I'll be fuming if he's taken my order with all the sales emails going out and then liquidated it 2 days later, must be guilty of some kind of fraud if it doesn't get honoured? And does ShopPay cover my purchase? I've only got a debit card :-/

 

[pargyle]

Are they just trading under a different name now?

Their accounts are overdue - Y/E November 2023 should have been filed in August - not a good sign but it does not mean they are insolvent or in liquidation. He could just have closed the doors. He took back control from the Hagen lady in March of this year and he's now the only director. I think his marketing emails are largely automated so can't read much into that.

The beekeeping supply business has been tough in the UK in the last few years and whilst Bee Equipment had their problems it's always healthy to have some competition in the market place so it is sad that is an end to Patrick's beekeeping supply business.

Better to keep our comments factual for the time being - all we have at present is the public statement.

https://bee-equipment.co.uk/password

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Typical 'Phoenix trader' behaviour that we used to see a lot of in the eighties/nineties

 

[Rory Fields]

Their accounts are overdue - Y/E November 2023 should have been filed in August - not a good sign but it does not mean they are insolvent or in liquidation. He could just have closed the doors. He took back control from the Hagen lady in March of this year and he's now the only director. I think his marketing emails are largely automated so can't read much into that.

The beekeeping supply business has been tough in the UK in the last few years and whilst Bee Equipment had their problems it's always healthy to have some competition in the market place so it is sad that is an end to Patrick's beekeeping supply business.

Better to keep our comments factual for the time being - all we have at present is the public statement.

https://bee-equipment.co.uk/password

Sticking solely to facts, he's taken my £220.21 on the 11th, and lots of other people's monies too - hoping the publicity statement is honoured but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Rory Fields]

Googled his registered address for Companies House and it appears most of the site is up for sale... https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/144968333#/?channel=COM_BUY

 

[Rory Fields]

I'm upto my shoulder in humble pie - will be eating it for days. My order has just arrived and in record time for them in fairness.

 

[Superlativesoul]

I'm upto my shoulder in humble pie - will be eating it for days. My order has just arrived and in record time for them in fairness.

Glad you've received your order, and others do too .
John

 

[madasafish]

If you paid by Credit Card, you have no need to worry about the solvency or otherwise of any supplier. Ditto Paypal - which is excellent and refunds VERY quickly.

I write from personal experience of Paypal.

 

[Paulypaul]

Better to keep our comments factual for the time being - all we have at present is the public statement.

I'm a fan of this approach. Online discourse is often quick to degrade into pitchforks and burning torches.

Yesterday, had someone on Facebook reply to a post of mine promoting sales of my honey, saying they'd "heard" my business was "a scam".
I politely replied, asking what she meant. She then replied saying she was just repeating what she had heard. Then a couple more chimed in, repeating her claim, before some of my satisfied customers rolled in to support me.

I see some of those types of doom-comments on Stuart Spinks' Facebook post, on this subject . Some even claim that the closure of bee-equipment.co.uk/ is final proof the UK is headed for recession.