Bertrams is put up for sale
15 May 2020
The Bookseller has reported that Bertrams has been put up for
sale by its parent company Aurelius: see Ruth Comerford's report of 15 May 2020.
The Bookseller says that it understands Bertrams has not been
put into administration pending a possible sale. The
advertisement for the sale of the business (along with subsidiaries
Dawson Books and Education Umbrella appears in The Bookseller of 15
May 2020: see Businesses for Sale: Leading B2B Books
Wholesaler.
Bertrams' online bookshop - Wordery - has already been sold to
Elliott Advisors, which also owns Waterstones and Barnes &
Noble. See Ruth Comerford's article in The Bookseller 1 May 2020.