Wilko boss Lisa Wilkinson is accused by an MP of 'burgling a failing business' while being quizzed on the collapse of the company at the Business and Trade Committee.
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00:00 workers who are facing Christmas without work?
00:02 I am thankful to so many people for so many things that they have done to help
00:10 Wilco, not least amongst those, the fantastic team members that have always
00:15 worked at Wilco, the amazing suppliers and advisors who have supported us, and
00:20 of course, top of that list has got to be the fantastic customers who shopped with
00:24 us for over 90 years in our stores. I am devastated that we have let each and
00:31 every one of those people down with the insolvency that Wilco has done. I don't
00:36 know how to put into words how sad I am that we have let down all our customers,
00:42 all our team members, our suppliers, our advisors. Genuinely, I don't know what
00:47 you want me to say but I have always gone on record and said...
00:49 Well, sorry was the one word I was looking for and which I didn't hear.
00:51 You can have the word sorry, of course I'm sorry.
00:53 If you wish me to say the word sorry...
00:55 I wanted just to give you that opportunity.
00:57 No, I thought devastated covered it. I apologise. I wasn't trying to be clever.
01:01 I am sorry that we are not there supporting all those people anymore.
01:06 It was a long list of problems that you identified.