The Unipart Automotive branch in Grimsby is to close with the loss of four jobs after the firm went into administration.
KPMG has been appointed joint administrators to Unipart Automotive Limited, one of the UK's largest independent suppliers of car parts, workshop consumables and garage equipment.
Administrators sold part of the business in a joint deal to Andrew Page, including 21 branches and The Parts Alliance, a total of 12. A total of 361 staff employed across these sites have transferred to Andrew Page and The Parts Alliance with immediate effect.
But KPMG said the remainder of the Unipart Automotive business has ceased to trade and 1,244 staff have been made redundant.
This includes the closure of the Grimsby branch in Stirling Street, with four jobs to go.
Among the sites transferred to Andrew Page are branches in Louth and Scunthorpe.
KPMG partner Mark Orton said: "Unfortunately, the business had been experiencing financial stress for a number of years, so the level of cash and further operational restructuring required to rescue a more substantial part of the business posed too much risk for most interested parties."
Unipart Automotive, previously known as Partco, was sold by Unipart Group in 2011 and was under the control of H2 Equity Partners prior to the collapse.
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