Wilko: Full list of 52 stores to close next week as staff informed of job losses- is your local affected?

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Published 6th Sep 2023, 11:25 BST

Updated 6th Sep 2023, 11:26 BST

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A total of 52 Wilko stores will close next week, affecting 1,016 jobs.

Wilko has confirmed a full list of 52 high street stores which will close next week, costing 1,016 jobs. 24 stores will close for good on Tuesday, September 12, with a further 28 to close two days later.

Other redundancies elsewhere in the company have also been confirmed by administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). There will be another 299 jobs lost at two Wilko warehouses, plus a further 17 redundancies at its support centre.

This comes on top of 269 job losses already announced at the Wilko support centre, plus 14 other redundancies at a subsidiary firm, which were confirmed by PwC last week. Wilko collapsed into administration last month, putting more than 400 stores and 12,500 jobs at risk.

The future of the chain has been up in the air since then, with rumours a majority of stores could be bought by the owner of HMV in a move that would save 8,000 jobs. However, the rescue deal is said to have hit a stumbling block.

It has been confirmed that 52 Wilko stores will close. Picture: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images.

It has been confirmed that 52 Wilko stores will close. Picture: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images.

It was announced this week that B&M is to buy up to 51 stores in a deal worth £13million. However, B&M has not confirmed which Wilko shops it has bought, or if it will save any jobs. The stores are expected to be rebranded as B&M.

Wilko: Full list of 52 stores to close

Wilko stores to close on September 12

Acton
Aldershot
Barking
Bishop Auckland
Bletchley
Brownhills
Camberley
Cardiff Bay Retail Park
Falmouth
Harpurhey
Irvine
Liverpool Edge Lane
Llandudno
Lowestoft
Morley
Nelson
Port Talbot
Putney
Stafford
Tunbridge Wells
Wakefield
Weston-super-Mare
Westwood Cross
Winsford

Wilko stores to close on September 14

Ashford
Avonmeads
Banbury
Barrow in Furness
Basildon
Belle Vale
Burnley (Relocation)
Clydebank
Cortonwood
Dagenham
Dewsbury
Eccles
Folkestone
Great Yarmouth
Hammersmith
Huddersfield
Morriston
New Malden
North Shields
Queen Street Cardiff
Rhyl
Southampton-West Quay
St Austell
Stockport
Truro
Uttoxeter
Walsall
Woking

Administration PricewaterhouseCoopers

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