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Head shuts record store in Belfast as company goes into liquidation

Head Records has shut its Belfast store after the company went into liquidation
Head Records has shut its Belfast store after the company went into liquidation Head Records has shut its Belfast store after the company went into liquidation

INDEPENDENT music and film retailer Head Records has closed its store in Belfast's Castlecourt shopping centre, which has been operating for six years.

Customers who turned up at the record shop were greeted yesterday with an empty store.

It is understood staff were told on Thursday that they were being made redundant as the company has gone into liquidation.

The chain's other stores at Leamington Spa and Cardiff, as well as its outlet at Liffey Valley in Dublin, are also closing.

No-one from the company was available for comment yesterday, and calls to its main phone line went unanswered.

Head Records - which operated under the slogan 'we’re independent and proud' - had operated in Castlecourt since late 2010.

The store had constantly grown and evolved to meet the demands of its customers and keep up-to-date with releases, and it claimed to be the largest stockist of vinyl records in Ireland.

Head Records dealt with a huge range of different suppliers, majors and indies, which gave it the opportunity to offer a wide range of artists across different genres and formats.

It is understood that vouchers bought for people as Christmas presents will no longer be honoured.