Franchisees left in the dark as hydraulic hose provider calls it a day.
DemolitionNews can exclusively reveal that BMI Hose (UK) Ltd, the hydraulic hose replacement company, has closed its doors.
Phone calls to the company’s Wolverhampton headquarters are going unanswered and the dozen or so franchise operations that stretch from Bristol to Glasgow are in the dark about their futures.
When we asked an unnamed spokesman at BMI Reading about rumours of the company’s demise, he answered simply: “You probably know more than we do. All we know is that they closed their doors yesterday and nobody has heard from the since.” Another at BMI London – which is not a franchise – confirmed that BMI Hose UK had gone into receivership.
Social media networks have reacted quickly with numerous independent hose replacement companies offering to help customers in light of BMI’s sudden disappearance.
BMI Hose opened for business in August 2007. In November of the same year, the first service centre opened in Dudley. This was quickly followed by BMI Newcastle-upon-Tyne, BMI Reading, and BMI Bristol which all opened in early 2008. In September 2008, the company acquired Hiflex Fluidpower to become the UK’s second largest provider of emergency on-site hose replacements behind Pirtek.
