BHS knock-on effect could hit DHL and see hundreds more jobs go

Hundreds more jobs could be in jeopardy following the collapse of BHS, as members of Britain’s logistics industry wait to see how their work for the failed retail chain will be hit.

Around 400 employees at DHL Supply Chain work on a contract to provide warehousing and distribution services for the high street chain.

The under-threat jobs add to 11,000 BHS roles that are already at risk after the firm fell into administration last week.

It emerged yesterday that the government has ordered the Insolvency Service to launch an immediate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the failure.

The chain went bust 13 months after it was sold by Sir Philip Green for £1 to little-known Retail Acquisitions, which is led by Dominic Chappell who has been bankrupt twice.

Green has agreed to give evidence to a committee of MPs.