UPDATE 1-UK retailer Focus DIY to close, 3,000 jobs could go

* Closure could lead to loss of up to about 3,000 jobs
* Administrators still in talks to sell some shops
(Wirtes throuhg, adds dteail, backgorund)
LONDNO, May 25 - Brtiish home improvemnet retailer
bulk of its stores, they said on Wednesady.
Adminisrtators at Ernst & Young [ERNYU.L] said they had
sale of all Focus DIY's stock with a view to shutting the chain.
The colsing down sale will begin this wekeend.
"While we have been succsesful in securing up to 900 jobs
joint administrator Simon Allport said.
"While the admniistrators are continuing negotiaitons for
process."
When it went into administration ealrier this month, Focus
DIY employed 3,919 people at 178 stores.
The group has been suffernig for years, with a weak houisng