HUNDREDS of shops and chains are closing their doors forever.
It comes as nearly 15,000 jobs have been axed since the start of the year as dozens of retailers collapsed or were restructured.
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Retailers have been feeling the pinch since the pandemic while shoppers are cutting back spending due to soaring inflation.
When prices are going up it squeezes people’s incomes, meaning many are forced to shop less – and that’s bad news for shops, restaurants and pubs.
High energy costs and a shift to shopping online after the pandemic are also taking a toll and many high street shops have struggled to keep going.
Some well-known retailers are shutting a handful of branches, while others are set to disappear completely from the high street.
Here we round up which names are gone for good, and locations that are shutting up shop that could be near you.
Boots
Boots has confirmed it will be closing three stores in the UK this spring.
The stores are located in:
- Salford Shopping Centre, Greater Manchester – shutting February (no specific date confirmed)
- Church Street, Malvern – shutting March 11
- The Port Arcades Shopping Centre, Ellesmere – shutting March 11
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Boots has confirmed these closures were pre-planned and no other branches are known to be shutting.
The chain has over 2,200 stores across the UK.
B&Q
B&Q is set to close eight “mini-shops” located inside Asda supermarkets for good within weeks.
The stores will close for good from March 11.
The DIY retailer will look to launch smaller stores along the high street instead.
B&Q’s eight locations set to shut are:
- Sheffield Drakehouse
- Dagenham
- Roehampton
- Edmonton
- Thurmaston
- Great Bridge
- Lancaster
- Hartlepool
Halfords
Halfords has said that it will be closing or has closed, three branches.
The locations and dates they’ll be shutting their doors are:
- Meadowlands Retail Park, Cambridge – closed
- Halfords Autocentre, Bellman’s Close, Largs – closed
- East Road Retail Park, Irvine – to be confirmed
The Sun has asked Halfords to confirm when the Irvine store will close and we will update this story when we know more.
Homesense
Homesense, owned by TK Maxx, will also be shutting up shop in Manchester’s Arndale Shopping Centre.
The store will close on Wednesday, March 1, meaning customers wishing to visit the brand will have to venture further out of the city to the Trafford Centre.
Swansea will also lose its Homesense store currently located at Parc Fforestfach which be relocated by the end of March.
House of Fraser
House of Fraser is set to shut up shop in two more locations as it battles to keep a presence in the retail sector.
The department store will also close its Cardiff branch in the iconic Howells building after it recently launched a major clearance sale.
And now it’s understood the Birmingham department store could also be at risk.
It has turned the city-centre store into an outlet, whilst slashing the prices of all stock with messaging that reads “all stock must go.”
These big “closing down” style events usually precede a store closure.
H&M
H&M has started closing branches across the UK as high street retail struggles.
The clothing brand’s closures include branches in Burton and Maidenhead.
It’s also confirmed another three closures will happen in Hartlepool, Milton Keynes and the Isle of Wight – but it’s unclear when the shutters will close for the final time.
These closures will be permanent.
Iceland
Iceland is to permanently close almost half a dozen branches, according to reports.
Some of the stores don’t have an exact closing date yet and it is not known if workers are at risk of redundancy.
Below is a list of stores believed to be closing this year, with some shutting their doors as early as next week.
- White Rose Centre, Rhyl – March 14
- Birmingham Road Retail Park, Bromsgrove – February 25
- Chineham Shopping Centre, Basingstoke – February 25
- South Street, Newport, Isle of Wight – March
- St Catherine’s Place, Bedminster, Bristol – to be confirmed
There are currently around 500 Iceland branches and 153 Food Warehouse stores in the UK.
Lloyds Pharmacy
The pharmacy chain is withdrawing its services from hundreds of Sainsbury’s stores.
Lloyds outlets will close across 237 Sainsbury’s branches:
- Alperton
- Altrincham
- Amblecote
- Apsley Mills
- Archer Road
- Arnold
- Ashton Moss
- Badge Farm
- Bagshot Road
- Ballymena
- Bamber Bridge
- Banbury
- Barnstaple
- Barnwood
- Bath
- Beaconsfield
- Berryden
- Bicester
- Biggleswade
- Bishop Auckland
- Blackheath
- Bognor Regis
- Bolton
- Bramingham Park
- Brentwood
- Bridgend
- Broadcut
- Brookwood
- Burnley
- Burpham
- Bury St Edmunds
- Bybrook
- Calcot
- Cannock
- Canterbury
- Carlisle
- Castle Point
- Chaddesden
- Chadwell Heath
- Chafford Hundred
- Charlton Riverside
- Cheadle
- Chester
- Chesterfield
- Chichester
- Chippenham
- Chiswick
- Christchurch
- Cobham
- Coldhams Lane
- Coreys Mill
- Court House Green
- Cramlington
- Crayford
- Cromwell Road
- Crystal Palace
- Darlington
- Dartford
- Denton
- Didcot
- Dome Roundabout
- Dulwich
- Dunstable
- Durham
- East Filton
- East Grinstead
- East Mayne
- East Prescot Road
- Eastleigh
- Edenthorpe
- Ellesmere Port
- Eltham
- Ely
- Emersons Green
- Exeter
- Fairfield In Park
- Fallowfield
- Farlington
- Farnborough
- Fosse Park
- Frome
- Glen Road
- Gloucester Quays
- Godalming
- Grimsby
- Hadleigh
- Halifax
- Hampden
- Hankeridge Farm
- Harlow
- Harrogate
- Haverhill
- Hayes
- Haywards Heath
- Hazel Grove
- Heaton
- Heaton Park
- Hedge End
- Hendon
- Hereford
- Heyford Hill
- High Wycombe
- Hoddesdon
- Horsham
- Huntingdon
- I.O.W
- Keighley
- Kempshott
- Kempston
- Kenton
- Kidderminster
- Kidlington
- Kiln Lane
- Kings Lynn
- Ladbroke Grove
- Larkfield
- Leamington
- Lee Green
- Leeds Moortown
- Leek
- Letchworth
- Lewes Road
- Lincoln
- Liverpool (Woolton)
- Locksbottom
- London Colney
- Longwater Lane
- Loughborough
- Low Hall
- Luton
- Macclesfield
- Maidenhead
- Mansfield
- Marsh Mills
- Marshall Lake
- Meadowbank
- Melksham
- Mere Green
- Merton
- Milton Keynes
- Monks Cross
- Morecambe
- Nantwich
- New Barnet
- New Cross Gate
- Newbury
- Newbury Park
- Newcastle U Lyme
- Newhaven
- Newport
- Newton Abbot
- Nine Elms
- North Cheam
- Northfield
- Northwich
- Oldbury
- Osmaston
- Paignton
- Penzance
- Penrith
- Peterborough
- Pinhoe Road
- Pound Lane
- Preston
- Purley Way
- Queens Road
- Redband Road
- Reedswood
- Rice Lane
- Richmond
- Romford
- Rugby
- Rustington
- Sale
- Salford
- Scarborough
- Scunthorpe
- Sedlescombe
- Sevenoaks
- Shorehead
- Shrewsbury
- Slough
- South Ruislip
- Southend
- Southport
- Spalding
- Springfield
- St Albans
- Stanmore
- Stanway
- Stirling
- Straiton
- Streatham
- Stroud
- Sudbury
- Sunderland
- Sunderland North
- Sury Basin
- Swadlincote
- Swansea
- Sydenham
- Tadley
- Talbot Heath
- Taplow
- Team Valley
- Telford
- Tewkesbury Road
- Thanet Westwoodcross
- Thetford
- Thornhil
- Torquay
- Truro
- Tunbridge Wells
- Upper Norwood
- Upton
- Urmston
- Wakefield
- Walton
- Warlingham
- Warren Heath
- Watchmoor Park
- Water Lane
- Wednesfield
- Weeden Road
- Welwyn Garden City
- West Green
- West Park Farm
- Whitechapel
- Whitehouse Farm
- Whitley Bay
- Whitstable
- Wigan
- Winchmore Hill
- Winnersh
- Winterstoke Road
- Witney
But it remains unclear when these closures will take place.
Marks and Spencer
Marks and Spencer have confirmed the closure of more than half a dozen stores across the country.
The high street chain announced last year that it was closing 67 of its larger shops as part of a major shake-up.
It said the closures of the “lower productivity, full line stores” will take place over the next three years.
M&S has now confirmed that some of its sites will close for good this year.
The closures, including proposals, are as follows:
- East Kilbride Shopping Centre – February 25
- Carlton Street, Castleford – end of April
- Meadowbank retail park, Edinburgh – spring
- Newport Road, Cardiff – spring
- Eagles Meadow, Wrexham – autumn
- Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough – April
- Deansgate, Bolton – date to be confirmed
The M&S in Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham is due to close in autumn, but it will be relocating, rather than closing outright.
Plus M&S is also eyeing up closures for its stores in Bolton, Middlesbrough and Castleford, following proposals.
M&S is yet to reveal the other 60 stores it has earmarked for closure or how many jobs will be affected by the plans.
M&Co
The retailer fell into administration for the second time in two years at the start of December.
Administrators at Teneo put the bust business up for sale with an auction deadline for interested buyers.
And while the M&Co brand has been bought by Yours Clothing, the stores haven’t.
The sale of the brand means M&Co’s 170 shops will close forever, putting 1,910 jobs at risk:
- Airdrie
- Alexandria
- Alnwick
- Alton
- Ashbourne
- Attleborough
- Ayr
- Banff
- Beccles
- Bathgate
- Bellshill
- Belper
- Berwick
- Beverly
- Bexhill
- Billericay
- Billingham
- Blairgowrie
- Blandford Forum
- Bognor
- Bridgnorth
- Bridlington
- Bridport
- Brighhouse
- Bromsgrove
- Broughty Ferry
- Bucki
- Buckingham
- Burgess Hill
- Calne
- Camborne
- Canvey Island
- Castle Douglas
- Chesham
- Chester Le Street
- Christchurch
- Cleveleys
- Clitheroe
- Congleton
- Cosham
- Crewkerne
- Cromer
- Crowborough
- Dartmouth
- Deal
- Didcot
- Dingwall
- Diss
- Dorcheshter
- Driffield
- Dunoon
- East Grinstead
- East Retford
- Egham
- Elgin
- Exmouth
- Fakenham
- Farnborough
- Faversham
- FLeet
- Forfar
- Formby
- Fort William
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- Glenrothes
- Gosport
- Guisborough
- Haddington
- Haverhill
- Hawick
- Helensborough
- Henley on Thames
- Heswall
- Hexcham
- Hitchin
- Hove
- Hunstanton
- Ilkley
- Inchinnan OSC
- Inverness
- Inverurie
- Irvine
- Isle of Man
- Johnstone
- Kirkintilloch
- Lanark
- Largs
- Launceston
- Lerwick
- Lewes
- Liskeard
- Llandudno
- Louth
- Malton
- March
- Market Harborough
- Marlow
- Marple
- Matlock
- Melton Mowbray]Midsome Norton
- Milngavie
- Minehead
- Monmouth
- Montrose
- Musselburgh
- Nailsea
- Nairn
- Nantwich
- Newport
- Newquar
- Newton Mearns
- Northallerton
- Oban
- Orkney
- Oswestry
- Otley
- Paisley
- Penarth
- Pershore
- Perth
- Peterhead
- Petersfield
- Portishead
- Rayleigh
- Rickmansworth
- Ringwood
- Ripon
- Romsey
- Ryde
- Saffron Walden
- Saltcoats
- Sandbach
- Seaford
- Shaftesbury
- Sidmouth
- Sittingbourne
- Sleaford
- Sw Andrews
- St Ives
- St Neots
- Stamford
- Stonehaven
- Stornoway
- Stourport on Severn
- Stowmarket
- Stroud
- Sudbury
- Surbiton Tavistock
- Teighmouth
- Tenby
- Tewkesbury
- Thornbury
- Thurso
- Troon
- Upminster
- Uttoxeter
- Warminster
- Wells
- Welshpool
- West Kirby
- Wetherby
- Whitby
- Whitehaven
- Whistable
- Wick
- Wickford
- Wishaw
- Wutham
- Wokingham
- Woodbridge
New Look
The retailer has closed six stores this year and plans to shut another forever.
The following stores have already closed:
- Birmingham, Fort Shopping Park – January 9
- Trowbridge – January 23
- Coventry – January 29
- Birmingham, Bullring – January 30
- Walthamstow, London – February 4
- Grosvenor Centre, Northampton – February 15
New Look’s Kirkcaldy store will close by the end of the month forever.
Paperchase
Paperchase announced its online operations will close today February 17.
This comes ahead of the closures of its 106 high street stores.
The stationery retailer collapsed into administration earlier this month after it failed to find a buyer.
Supermarket giant Tesco stepped up to buy rights to the brand, but the following stores will close for good:
- Altrincham
- Arnotts
- Basingstoke
- Bath
- Battersea
- Belfast
- Berkhamsted
- Beverley
- Birmingham Grand Central
- Birmingham New St
- Birmingham Selfridges
- Bishopsgate
- Bishops Stortford
- Bluewater
- Bracknell
- Braehead
- Brighton
- Bristol
- Bromley
- Bury
- Bury St Edmunds
- Byres Road
- Cambridge
- Canterbury
- Cardiff St Davids
- Cheapside
- Chelmsford
- Cheshire Oaks
- Chester
- Chichester
- Chiswick
- Colchester
- Cribbs Causeway
- Derby
- Dundee
- Dundrum
- Durham
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Morningside
- Exeter
- Finchley Road
- Forestside
- Glasgow Buchanan
- Guernsey
- Guildford
- Harrogate
- Henley on Thames
- Hereford
- Hitchin
- Islington
- Jersey
- Kings Cross Station
- Kingston
- Lakeside
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds Commercial Street
- Leicester
- Lewes
- Lincoln
- London Bridge
- Maidstone
- Manchester
- Marble Arch
- Meadowhall
- Merry Hill
- Metro Centre
- Newbury
- Newcastle
- Next Aintree
- Next Birmingham Junction 9
- Next Bolton
- Next Bournemouth
- Next Camberley
- Next Crawley
- Next Enfield
- Next Gloucester
- Next Handforth Dean
- Next Hanley
- Next Ipswich
- Next Kirkcaldy
- Next London Colney
- Next Luton
- Next Maidstone
- Next Manchester Arndale
- Next Norwich
- Next Oxford Street
- Next Plymouth
- Next Selly Oak
- Next Shoreham
- Next Solihull
- Next Straiton
- Next Wolverhamptom
- Next York
- Northcote Road
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- Perth
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Putney
- Ringwood
- Rushdean Lakes
- Sailsbury
- Sevenoaks
- Sheffield
- Silverburn
- Solihull
- Southampton
- Staines
- St Albans
- St Andrews
- St Pancras Circle
- St Pancras Station
- Street Outlet
- Swindon
- Taunton
- Telford
- Trafford Centre Selfridges
- Tunbridge Wells
- Victoria Station
- Walton on Thames
- Wandsworth
- Wattington
- Waterloo Station
- Watford
- Whiteley Village
- White Rose Leeds
- Wimbledon
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Woking
- Worcester
- York
- York Outlet
Wetherspoon
The pub chain has confirmed that a number of sites it has marked for closure have been sold or are currently under offer.
Here is the full list of pubs which have been sold:
- Harvest Moon, Orpington
- Alexander Bain, Wick
- Chapel an Gansblydhen, Bodmin
- Moon on the Square, Basildon
- Coal Orchard, Taunton
- Running Horse, Airside Doncaster Airport
- Wild Rose, Bootle
- Edmund Halley, Lee Green
- The Willow Grove, Southport
- Postal Order, Worcester
- North and South Wales Bank, Wrexham
Below is a full list of pubs that are currently under offer.
It doesn’t mean that the sale is guaranteed, and it could still remain open if it doesn’t complete.
- Cliftonville, Hove
- Tollgate, Turnpike Lane
- Asparagus, Battersea
- Millers Well, East Ham
- Hudson Bay, Forest Gate
- Angel, Islington
- The Billiard Hall, West Bromwich
- Capitol, Forest Hill
- The Bankers Draft, Eltham
- Moon on the Hill, Harrow
- Last Post, Loughton
Here’s a full list of pubs still on the market:
- The Butlers Bell, Stafford
- Worlds Inn, Romford
- Silkstone Inn, Barnsley
- Wrong ‘Un, Bexleyheath
- The Percy Shaw, Halifax
- Jolly Sailor, Hanham
- The Alfred Herring, Palmers Green
- The Moon & Bell, Loughborough
- The Widow Frost, Mansfield
- Resolution, Middlesbrough
- Foxley Hatch, Purley
- The Rising Sun, Redditch
- Sennockian, Sevenoaks
- Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Southampton
- The Colombia Press, Watford
- The Malthouse, Willenhall
- The John Masefield, New Ferry
- The Crosse Keys, Peebles
- Lord Arthur Lee, Fareham
- The Saltoun Inn, Fraserburgh
- General Sir Redvers Buller, Crediton
- Plough & Harrow, Hammersmith
- Thomas Leaper, Derby
- The Bank House, Cheltenham
