The Floor Room at John Lewis follows Carpetright into administration

The Floor Room closed its concessions in 34 John Lewis shops with "immediate effect" after administrator's were appointed on Friday.

Founded only last year, The Floor Room, depended on its sister company Carpetright for much of its operations. Carpetright went into adminstration last month, closing more than 200 stores.

John Lewis posted a message on its website: "The Floor Room is not owned by John Lewis, but we're working with urgency to understand what this means for their customers. We know that this will be concerning if you've already placed an order. If you have, be assured that we'll do everything we can to help and support you. We don’t have access to the relevant customer details at the moment, but we’re working with the administrators to get these."

Adam Seres, joint administrator at PwC UK, said the Floor Room, depended on its sister company Carpetright for much of its operations and support services. He added the company was also affected by a cyber attack on Carpetright in April.

Carpetright fell into administration itself last month, before the brand and some of its stores were rescued in a deal which resulted in 1,500 staff losing their jobs.

Mr Seres said the Floor Room's management were unable to secure funding or find a buyer following Carpetright's insolvency, and the company's "financial position meant it was impossible for the business to continue trading".

"It is with sincere regret that this outcome has had to result in the redundancies of the majority of employees," he added.

"We are committed to helping those affected and will work hard to ensure redundancy claims are processed as quickly as possible."

PwC said some employees at the Floor Room's head office would be retained "for a short time to support in winding down operations".