HUNDREDS of Wilko stores are at risk of shutting their doors after it entered administration.
The budget retailer failed to secure a rescue deal, putting 12,000 jobs at risk.
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The chain, which runs more than 400 stores across the UK, told staff that it has hired administrators to oversee the process.
Mark Jackson, chief executive officer of Wilko, said the firm had “a significant level of interest” but was “left with no choice but to take this unfortunate action” after being unable to close a deal within time.
Find out if which Wilko stores are at risk of closing down.
Which Wilko stores could be at risk of closing?
Here is the full list of towns and cities with Wilko shops in the UK:
- Aberdare
- Abergavenny
- Accrington
- Acocks Green
- Acton
- Aldershot
- Alfreton
- Alnwick
- Altrincham
- Ammanford
- Andover
- Arnold
- Ashford
- Ashington
- Ashton-Under-Lyne
- Aylesbury
- Ayr
- Banbury
- Barking
- Barnsley (3 stores)
- Barnstaple
- Barrow In Furness
- Barry
- Basildon
- Basingstoke
- Bedford (2)
- Bedminster
- Belper
- Beverley
- Bexleyheath
- Bicester
- Biggleswade
- Birkenhead
- Birmingham (3)
- Bishop Auckland
- Bishops Stortford
- Blackburn
- Blackpool
- Blackwood
- Bletchley
- Blyth
- Bognor Regis
- Bolton (2)
- Bordon
- Boston
- Bournemouth (2)
- Bradford
- Brentwood
- Bridgend
- Bridgwater
- Brigg
- Brighouse
- Bristol (3)
- Bromley
- Brownhills
- Burgess Hill
- Burnley
- Burton Upon Trent
- Bury
- Bury St Edmunds
- Camberley
- Cambridge
- Canterbury
- Cardiff (3)
- Carlisle
- Carmarthen
- Castle Douglas
- Chatham
- Chelmsford
- Cheltenham
- Chepstow
- Chester
- Chester Le Street
- Chesterfield
- Chippenham
- Clacton On Sea
- Cleethorpes
- Cleveleys
- Clowne
- Clydebank
- Coalville
- Cockermouth
- Colchester
- Corby
- Coventry (2)
- Cowley
- Cramlington
- Crawley
- Crewe
- Cwmbran
- Dagenham
- Darlington
- Dartford
- Denton
- Derby (3)
- Dereham
- Devizes
- Dewsbury
- Didcot
- Doncaster (2)
- Driffield
- Droitwich
- Dudley
- Dunstable
- Durham
- East Ham
- Eastbourne (2)
- Eccles
- Edinburgh
- Ellesmere Port
- Ely
- Epsom
- Exeter
- Falkirk
- Falmouth
- Fareham
- Farnborough
- Ferndown
- Folkestone
- Gainsborough
- Gateshead (2)
- Gillingham
- Gloucester
- Gravesend
- Grays (2)
- Great Malvern
- Great Yarmouth (2)
- Greenock
- Greenwich
- Grimsby (2)
- Halesowen
- Halifax
- Hamilton
- Hanley
- Harlow
- Harrow
- Hartlepool
- Havant
- Haverfordwest
- Hayes
- Hemel Hempstead
- Hereford
- High Wycombe
- Hinckley
- Hitchin
- Holyhead
- Horsham
- Hounslow
- Hucknall
- Huddersfield
- Hull (2)
- Huntingdon
- Huyton
- Ilford
- Ilkeston
- Ipswich
- Irvine
- Jarrow
- Kenilworth
- Kent (2)
- Kettering
- Kidderminster
- Kings Lynn
- Kingston Upon Thames
- Kingston Upon Hull
- Kingswood
- Knowle
- Lancaster
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds (7)
- Leek
- Leicester (5)
- Leigh
- Leighton Buzzard
- Letchworth
- Lewisham
- Lichfield
- Lincoln
- Liverpool (3)
- Livingston
- Llandudno
- Llanelli
- London (9)
- Long Eaton
- Loughborough
- Louth
- Lowestoft
- Luton
- Maidenhead
- Maidstone
- Manchester (4)
- Mansfield
- Market Drayton
- Market Harborough
- Matlock
- Melton Mowbray
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Middlesbrough
- Middlesex
- Mildenhall
- Milton Keynes
- Morriston
- Motherwell
- Neath
- Nelson
- Newark
- Newbury
- Newcastle
- Newcastle Under Lyme
- Newcastle Upon Tyne (3)
- Newport
- Newton Abbot
- Newton Aycliffe
- Newton-Le-Willows
- North Shields
- Northallerton
- Northampton (3)
- Northfield
- Norwich
- Nottingham (9)
- Nuneaton
- Oakham
- Orpington
- Oswestry
- Pembroke Dock
- Penge
- Perry Barr
- Peterborough (2)
- Peterlee
- Plymouth
- Pontefract
- Pontypool
- Poole
- Port Talbot
- Porthmadog
- Portsmouth
- Preston (2)
- Pwllheli
- Rainham
- Ramsgate
- Reading
- Redcar
- Redditch
- Redhill
- Redruth
- Retford
- Rhyl
- Ripley
- Romford
- Rotherham
- Rowley Regis
- Royal Kingston Upon Thames
- Rugby
- Rugeley
- Runcorn
- Rushden
- Sale
- Salford
- Scarborough
- Scunthorpe
- Seaham
- Selby
- Sheffield (6)
- Shipley
- Shirley
- Shrewsbury
- Sittingbourne
- Skegness
- Skelmersdale
- Slough
- Solihull
- South Shields
- Southampton
- Southend On Sea
- Southport
- Spalding
- St Albans
- St Austell
- St Helens
- Stafford
- Stamford
- Stevenage
- Stockport
- Stockton On Tees
- Stoke-On-Trent
- Stourbridge
- Stratford
- Strood
- Stroud
- Sunderland
- Sutton
- Sutton-In-Ashfield
- Swanley
- Swansea
- Swindon (2)
- Tamworth (2)
- Taunton
- Telford (2)
- Thetford
- Tipton
- Torquay
- Trowbridge
- Truro
- Uttoxeter
- Uxbridge
- Wakefield (2)
- Wallasey
- Walsall (2)
- Walthamstow
- Walton On Thames
- Warrington
- Washington
- Waterlooville
- Watford
- Wellingborough
- Wembley
- West Drayton
- West Ealing
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Weymouth
- Whitehaven
- Widnes
- Wigan
- Wimbledon
- Winsford
- Woking
- Wolverhampton
- Wood Green
- Woolwich
- Worcester
- Workington
- Worksop (2)
- Worthing
- Wrexham
- Wythenshawe
- Yeovil
- York
All sites will continue to operate as normal for now, and even if administrators are brought in, the stores could still keep going if the company is bought by someone else.
What other retailers are closing?
It’s not just shops either, food and pub chains have also been hit, resulting in brands like Wetherspoons and Frankie & Benny’s closing.
Following the pandemic businesses were struggling to bounce back anyway, only to then be hit by soaring energy bills.
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