A SHOPPING centre will continue to "run as normal" after it collapsed into administration earlier this week.
We previously reported James Fennessey, Colin Haig and Matthew Richards, who are partners with accountancy firm Azets, have been appointed joint administrators of Bridges Antonine LLP, the owner of the Antonine Shopping Centre in Cumbernauld.
They were appointed to take control and will work with the centre's management team and property agents to sell it.
Now, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth MSP Jamie Hepburn says he has been assured by one of the administrators that they will "run the centre as normal" while they look for a buyer.
In a post shared on Facebook, he revealed they also confirmed that there will be no staff redundancies or changes to supplier or tenant contracts.
He wrote: "Today Stuart McDonald MP and I met with one of [the] administrators for the Antonine Centre, to discuss the news it had entered administration this week.
"We sought and were given reassurances on behalf of staff, tenants and suppliers that the administrators would seek to run the centre as normal, as they look to find a buyer for it, and that no jobs or supplier contracts were under threat.
"It was certainly reassuring to be told that there would be no redundancies amongst staff, or changes to supplier or tenant contracts.
"We understand that they are looking to attract interest with a view to sell the centre with the expectation that a buyer will be found and that trading and its operation should continue as normal meantime."
Antonine Shopping Centre, which was built in 2007, has an annual footfall of more than 3.5 million people.
The 200,000 sq ft centre contains 42 retail units, which house big brands such as TK Maxx, Next, New Look and TJ Hughes.
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