Paisley Italian restaurant will honour vouchers after 5pm collapses

An Italian restaurant in Paisley will honour any outstanding 5pm vouchers at “it’s own cost” following the collapse of the discount offer website.

The Glasgow-based firm, which rebranded as Kooble last year, appointed administrators on Friday and confirmed in a statement that around 27 jobs have been lost as a result of the business collapse.

Founded by Ronnie Somerville and David Maguire as 5pm.co.uk around 25 years ago, the business went into administration following “challenges with cashflow”.

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Jobs lost as discount voucher site 5pm collapses into administration

The Glasgow firm, which rebranded as Kooble last year, had been operating for more than 20 years.

Zambretto, an Italian restaurant in Paisley, has said while it has not been paid by the company for any outstanding vouchers – it will still honour them for any customers “at their own cost”.

Confirming the decision on social media, a spokesperon wrote: “We have been informed that 5pm/Kooble has gone into administration.

“Whilst we will not be paid by them for any outstanding vouchers we will honour these at our own expense so if you have any deals purchased through 5pm/Kooble just book with us as normal.”

The announcement was welcomed by customers, with one commenting: “I don’t have any but that is a lovely gesture and how good businesses stay open – good customer relations.”

Another wrote: “Got yourselves a new customer here with this post. What a gesture.”

The collapse of Kooble comes around a year after the hospitality firm, which was one of the first in Scotland to sell discount vouchers for restaurants, hotels, and spa treatments, relaunched as a platform co-owned by hospitality operators.