The administrators of Wilko have confirmed the locations of the 52 stores scheduled to close next week.
Yesterday, PwC said the joint administrators had entered into an agreement to “provide B&M with the option to acquire up to 51 properties, after the administration trading period concludes at those sites”, and confirmed the closure of 52 stores, resulting in 1,016 redundancies, with a further 299 redundancies announced at Wilko’s distribution centres in Worksop and Newport.
Earlier today, the administrators revealed the locations of the stores closing next week (see below list) and said “active discussions with parties interested in buying parts of the business continue”, however, they warned further store closures may “regrettably be necessary”.
Edward Williams, joint administrator, said: “In the absence of viable offers for the whole business, very sadly store closures and redundancies of team members from those stores are now necessary. The loss of these stores will be felt not only by the team members who served them with such dedication, including through the uncertainty of recent weeks, but also the communities which they have been a part of.
“We are enormously grateful for the support of team members during this difficult period and remain committed to doing all we can to help affected staff, assisting them with processing redundancy claims and working with relevant parties to help secure new employment as quickly as possible.”
The following Wilko stores will close on Tuesday 12 September: Acton, Aldershot, Barking, Bishop Auckland, Bletchley FF, 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.
The following stores will close on Thursday 14 September: 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.
