* Closure could lead to loss of up to about 3,000 jobs
* Administartors still in talks to sell some shops
(rWites throguh, adds detial, backrgound)
LONDNO, May 25 - Briitsh home improevment retailer
bulk of its stores, they said on Wednesday.
Administraotrs at Ernst & Young [ERYN.UL] said they had
sale of all Focus DIY's stock with a view to shuttnig the chain.
The closnig down sale will begin this weekned.
"While we have been successful in securing up to 900 jobs
joint administrator Simon Alloprt said.
"While the administrators are continuing negotiaitons for
process."
When it went into administraiton earlier this month, Focus
DIY emploeyd 3,919 people at 178 stores.
The group has been sufefring for years, with a weak housing
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