http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “Raleigh faces administration after parent company starts insolvency proceedings en Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:10:47 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21997#post-385341 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:57:57 +0000 LaidBack 385341@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Babboe Frame breakages would be a factor. I note that Babboes are still around. Assume (ie hope!) parents have checked that their model isn't one affected.</p> <p><a href="https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/08/end-of-a-cycling-empire-bike-maker-accell-at-risk-of-bankruptcy/" rel="nofollow">https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/08/end-of-a-cycling-empire-bike-maker-accell-at-risk-of-bankruptcy/</a></p> <p><blockquote>Brands includes Batavus city bikes, Koga touring bikes &amp; the Babboe and Carqon cargo brands – as well as Raleigh, Lapierre, &amp; German marques Haibike, Winora, &amp; Ghost. It employs around 3,700 people in 15 countries.</blockquote></p> <p>Their Amsterdam HQd rivals are PON Group that have a folio that includes Urban Arrow, Cervelo, Santa Cruz and others including the Dutch Gazelle city bike brand.<br /> It's not good news for anyone though and the warning signs were showing a while back.</p> <p>Additional info... DuTech from Singapore were trying to acquire Accell but this fell through. </p> <p><a href="https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2026/07_08_2026_Dutech_Accell.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2026/07_08_2026_Dutech_Accell.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21997#post-385334 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:35:10 +0000 chdot 385334@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://bikebiz.com/accell-group-files-for-insolvency-as-takeover-negotiations-collapse/" rel="nofollow">https://bikebiz.com/accell-group-files-for-insolvency-as-takeover-negotiations-collapse/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21997#post-385332 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:05:09 +0000 chdot 385332@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://road.cc/news/raleigh-faces-administration-after-parent-company-starts-insolvency-proceedings" rel="nofollow">https://road.cc/news/raleigh-faces-administration-after-parent-company-starts-insolvency-proceedings</a> </p>