BAKERS Cooplands was placed into administration yesterday putting the future of three branches in the Dearne region in doubt.

Although 303 of the 562 workforce will lose their jobs, business restructuring specialists Resolve announced that they had bought 41 of the branches from administrators Deloitte.

The firm promised to preserve 259 of the jobs.

It has not yet announced whether the branches in Goldthorpe, Thurnscoe and Mexborough will close.