The locations of the 52 Wilko stores which will close after failing to secure a rescue deal have been revealed by administrators.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which was appointed to oversee the insolvency last month, said it remained in talks with parties interested in buying the business. remaining parts of the business.
On Tuesday, the rival retailer B&M has bought up to 51 more Wilko stores in a deal worth up to £13million.
Administrators added “it is possible that further store closures may unfortunately be necessary”, depending on discussions with remaining suitors.
Team members working in the affected stores will be made redundant.
Edward Williams, joint administrator, said: “In the absence of viable deals across the business, store closures and redundancies of team members in those stores are unfortunately now necessary.
“The loss of these stores will be felt not only by the team members who served them so dedicatedly, including through the uncertainty of recent weeks, but also by the communities of which they were a part.”
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The job cuts come on top of the loss of 269 positions at the chain’s support center in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, as well as 14 positions at Wilko subsidiary Kin Limited, which were announced at the end of last month.
The following stores will close on Tuesday September 12:
Influence
Alder
Bark
Bishop Auckland
Bletchley FF
Brownhills
Camberley
Cardiff Bay Retail Park
Falmouth
Harpurhey
Irvine
Liverpool Edge Lane
Llandudno
the lowest
Morley
Nelson
Port Talbot
Putney
Stafford
Tunbridge Wells
Wakefield
Weston-super-Mare
Westwood Cross
Winsford
The following stores will close on Thursday September 14:
Ashford
Avonmeads
Banbury
Barrow-in-Furness
Basildon
Beautiful Valley
Burnley (Relocation)
Clydebank
Corton wood
Dagenham
Dewsbury
Eccles
Folkestone
Greater Yarmouth
Hammerer
Huddersfield
Morrison
New Malden
Northern Shields
Queen Street Cardiff
Rhyl
Southampton-West Quay
St. Austell
Stockport
Truro
Uttoxeter
Walsall
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