Administrators of Granville Technology last night said they had received some 300 inquiries about buying chunks of the collapsed computer company which makes the Time and Tiny brands.

The company, which owed more than £30 million, went into administration late last month with the loss of 1,500 jobs.

A spokesman for administrators Grant Thornton confirmed a report claiming that the leases on the group's properties, including the 80 branches of The Computer Shop, which includes outlets in the West Midlands, had attracted most interest.

However, some parties had also expressed interest in the company's remaining stock of computers and components and in its list of customers to whom it supplies after-sales service.