Wilko administrators confirm locations of 51 store closures

Following the announcement on Tuesday that more than 50 stores would be closing and 1,016 staff would be made redundant, PwC has released the locations where stores will cease trading.

Although B&M is to take over 51 stores and offers for a wider rescue deal are still being considered, redundancies are going ahead and the first round of job losses started on Monday.

 PwC said “active discussions” with parties interested in buying the business were ongoing and that the company remained “committed” to retaining as “many jobs as possible”.

It is likely that further store closures could go ahead, depending on the outcome of those talks. 

While more than 300 Wilko stores will continue trading for the foreseeable, the following stores will close on September 12: 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 and Winsford.

The following stores will close on September 14: Ashford, Avonmeads, Banbury, Barrow in Furness, Basildon, Belle Vale, 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 and Woking.

PwC joint administrator Edward Williams 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.”