试图对Poundland（一镑店）实施有偿付能力救助的北爱尔兰公司已告知这家折扣零售商的待任管理人，其仍热衷于达成一项可能挽救逾1万个工作岗位的交易。
The Northern Irish company attempting to stage a solvent rescue of Poundland has told the discount retailer's administrator-in-waiting that it remains keen on a deal which could save more than 10,000 jobs.
天空新闻获悉，马丁地产集团（MPG）周四联系了AlixPartners，表示仍有意收购Poundland——尽管这家零售商距离倒闭仅剩数天。
Sky News has learnt that Martin Property Group (MPG) contacted AlixPartners on Thursday to express a continued interest in a takeover of Poundland - despite the retailer being just days from collapse.
消息人士称，总部位于伦敦德里的MPG已重新确认了两项独立方案，这两项方案都将偿还由Poundland现任所有者戈登兄弟控制的一笔3000万英镑股东贷款的全部或部分。
Sources said that Londonderry-based MPG had reconfirmed two separate proposals which would see all or part of a £30m shareholder loan, controlled by Poundland's current owner, Gordon Brothers, repaid.
第一项方案是在贷款到期时偿还全部3000万英镑，第二项方案则是提前偿还其中一半。
The first would see the full £30m loan repaid upon maturity, while the second offer would involve half of it being repaid on an accelerated basis.
接近该进程的人士表示，MPG重新确认的报价得到了多家Poundland主要供应商的支持，如果这家连锁企业在关键的节日交易期前几周陷入破产管理，这些供应商将面临巨额损失。
People close to the process said that MPG's reconfirmed offer was supported by a number of leading Poundland suppliers, who face losing substantial sums of money if the chain falls into administration just weeks before the crucial festive trading period.
另一种选择是拆分该业务，Poundland约600家门店中可能有数百家被B&M、Iceland和Aldi等竞争对手零售商收购。
The alternative would be a break-up of the business, with several hundred of Poundland's roughly 600 stores likely to be acquired by rival retailers such as B&M, Iceland and Aldi.
然而，即便如此，这家连锁企业约1.05万名员工中仍可能有数千人在圣诞节前几周被裁员——这一局面目前正受到政府部长和官员的密切关注。
However, that could still leave thousands of the chain's roughly 10,500-strong workforce being made redundant just weeks before Christmas - with the situation now drawing close scrutiny from government ministers and officials.
据内部人士称，MPG的竞标方案包括保留Poundland所有现有门店和员工。
MPG's bid includes preserving all of Poundland's existing stores and workers, according to insiders.
此外还可以披露，去年将Poundland出售给戈登兄弟的华沙上市折扣零售商Pepco集团仍持有该股东贷款25%的份额，按面值计算价值750万英镑。
It can also be revealed that Pepco Group, the Warsaw-listed discount retailer which sold Poundland to Gordon Brothers last year, still owns a 25% share of the shareholder loan worth £7.5m at par.
内部人士称，Pepco已提出，如果能实现对这家零售商的有偿付能力出售，它愿意将其收回750万英镑还款的权利推迟数年。
Insiders said that Pepco had offered to defer its right to repayment of the £7.5m for a number of years if a solvent sale of the retailer could be achieved.
Pepco拒绝置评，该公司还继续持有Poundland的少数股权。
Pepco, which declined to comment, also continues to hold a minority equity stake in Poundland.
英国首相基尔·斯塔默对彭兰德危机的关注以及对戈登兄弟行为日益增多的批评，很可能会迫使这家总部位于美国的投资方考虑放弃其对该贷款的部分或全部权利。
Interest from Andy Burnham, the prime minister, in the Poundland crisis and widening criticism of Gordon Brothers' conduct is likely to pile pressure on the US-based investor to consider waiving part or all of its rights over the loan.
斯塔默的梅克菲尔德选区内设有彭兰德的一个配送中心。他在周四表示：“这对彭兰德员工及其家庭来说是一个令人深感担忧的时刻。
Mr Burnham, whose Makerfield constituency includes a Poundland distribution centre, said on Thursday: "This is a deeply worrying time for Poundland staff and their families. "We want to see jobs protected.
“我们希望看到就业岗位得到保护。如果存在一位潜在买家能够避免这种局面，但其报价未被接受，那么商业大臣和我想知道为什么会出现这种情况。”零售业高管现在预测，彭兰德的倒闭将成为自2016年BHS停止营业以来，政治争议最大的零售业破产案。
If there was a potential owner to avoid this that hasn't been accepted, then the business secretary and I want to know why that is the case." Retail executives now predict that a collapse of Poundland would become the most politically contentious retail insolvency since BHS ceased trading in 2016.
即使在去年出售后触发的一轮店铺关闭计划之后，彭兰德仍然是英国最大的综合商品零售商之一。
Even after a store closure programme triggered by its sale last year, Poundland remains one of the biggest general merchandise retailers in the UK.
戈登兄弟于周四提交了委任艾睿铂为管理人的意向通知，这为彭兰德赢得了10个工作日的喘息期，免受债权人追偿。
Gordon Brothers filed a notice of intention to appoint AlixPartners as administrator on Thursday, which buys Poundland 10 working days of breathing space from its creditors.
如果救援交易的前景彻底破灭，这一期限仍可能被缩短，意味着彭兰德将更快正式进入破产管理程序。
That period could still be truncated, meaning Poundland formally collapses into administration more quickly, if the prospects of a rescue deal were to evaporate altogether.
知情人士质疑，为何在彭兰德管理团队开始拿出扭亏为盈的经营业绩证据后，公司却被推上了破产之路。
Insiders have questioned why Poundland has been placed on a path to insolvency after its management team began to deliver evidence of a turnaround in its trading performance.
周四，负责彭兰德拍卖的阿尔瓦雷斯&马沙尔公司发布了一份声明，署名为彭兰德董事总经理巴里·威廉姆斯，称“尽管付出了巨大努力，但未能为整体业务找到一个可接受的报价”。几小时内，该声明被重新发布，但这次署名变更为公司董事会。
On Thursday, Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), the firm which has been running an auction of Poundland, issued a statement attributed to Barry Williams, Poundland's managing director, saying that "despite enormous efforts it has not been possible to identify an acceptable offer for the business as a whole". Within hours, the statement had been reissued but this time attributed to the board of the company.
据说，威廉姆斯及其财务总监肖恩·威尔斯坚持确保员工本周能拿到工资，尽管他们与MPG联手达成有偿付能力协议的努力遭到了戈登兄弟的阻挠。
Mr Williams and his finance chief, Shaun Wills, are said to have insisted on ensuring that staff would be paid this week, despite having their efforts to secure a solvent deal in conjunction with MPG thwarted by Gordon Brothers.
本周早些时候，三名重组领域的重量级人物在出任Poundland董事仅两周后便辞职，以抗议戈登兄弟推动该连锁企业走向破产的举动。
Earlier this week, a trio of restructuring heavyweights resigned as Poundland directors within a fortnight of their appointment in protest at Gordon Brothers' efforts to steer the chain towards insolvency.
戈登兄弟的行为已促使商业、创新、科学和贸易部就这场不断升级的危机展开初步实况调查。
Gordon Brothers' conduct has prompted the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade to make preliminary fact-finding enquiries about the escalating crisis.
天空新闻本周报道称，多家大型供应商已开始采取措施减少对这家折扣零售商的供货，因为有迹象表明他们本周将无法按计划获得付款。
Sky News reported this week that a number of big suppliers had begun taking steps to curtail deliveries to the discounter amid suggestions they will not be paid as scheduled this week.
据了解，戈登兄弟限制了公司财务的使用权限，实际上阻止了其管理团队进行日常付款。
Gordon Brothers is understood to have restricted access to the company's finances, effectively preventing its management team from making routine payments.
周五上午，记者未能联系到马丁地产集团和AlixPartners置评。
Neither Martin Property Group nor AlixPartners could be reached for comment on Friday morning.