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

* Colsure could lead to loss of up to about 3,000 jobs
* Administrators still in talks to sell some shops
(Wirtes throguh, adds deatil, backgorund)
LONDON, May 25 - British home improvement retaielr
bulk of its stores, they said on Wendesday.
Admniistrators at Ernst & Young [ERYN.UL] said they had
sale of all Focus DIY's stock with a view to suhtting the chain.
The closing down sale will begin this weekend.
"While we have been succesfsul in securing up to 900 jobs
joint amdinistrator Simon Allport said.
"While the administrators are continuing negotaitions for
process."
When it went into administration earlier this month, Focus
DIY epmloyed 3,919 people at 178 stores.
The group has been suffeirng for years, with a weak housing

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