by the end of December 2012. In June 2014, former staff, represented by the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and the United Road Transport Union, won an Employment Tribunal case that they had not been consulted properly about redundancy by Comet and the administrators, Deloitte. This enabled about 7,000 former staff to apply for redundancy financial assistance. Accounting records suggested that the owners, including OpCapita and Elliott Advisors, recovered about £117 million from Comet, and administration fees were more than £10 million. Three administrators from Deloitte were referred to the accountancy regulator by the Insolvency Service over the failure to consult properly about redundancy, which led to government costs of about £26 million for redundancy payments. Successor The UK Computer Group bought the rights to the Comet brand and the website from the liquidators Deloitte in December 2019. In July 2020, they promised a relaunch on social media. In August 2020 the Comet website was relaunched as a trading name of Misco Technologies. All former Comet stores remain closed and there are no known plans to reopen any physical locations. References External links Consumer electronics retailers of the United Kingdom Companies based in Kingston upon Hull Retail companies established in 1933 Defunct retail companies of the United Kingdom Retail companies disestablished in 2012 British companies established in 1933 British companies disestablished in 2012 Companies that have entered administration in the United Kingdom 1984 mergers and acquisitions 2003 mergers and acquisitions 2011 mergers and acquisitions