Wilko in Coalville escapes closure for now as 52 stores set to shut are named by administrators
By Coalville Nub News Reporter 6th Sep 2023
The 52 Wilko shops set to close next week due to the chain's collapse have been officially named - and the Coalville shop is not among them.
Administrators PwC said 26 shops would close next Tuesday, with another 28 to shut on Thursday 14 September.
More than 1,000 staff are being made redundant as hopes of a rescue deal for the business hang in the balance.
The BBC reports that Edward Williams, joint administrator at PwC, said in the "absence of viable offers" for the whole company, closures and job losses were "necessary".
The following stores will close on September 12:
- Acton
- Aldershot
- Barking
- Bishop Auckland
- Bletchley
- 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 14 September:
- Ashford
- Avonmeads
- Banbury
- Barrow in Furness
- Basildon, Belle Vale
- Burnley
- 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
"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," said Mr Williams.
Administrators announced more than 1,300 redundancies on Tuesday, with job losses at the 52 stores as well as Wilko's distribution and support centres.
Staff at the affected shops were told of the job losses at 10:00 BST.
Rival B&M has agreed a £13m deal for up to 51 of Wilko's buildings, but the fate of the brand and a further 300 stores remains uncertain, with a bigger rescue package put forward by HMV's Doug Putman understood to have been held up due to funding issues.
PwC said "active discussions with parties interested in buying parts of the business" were continuing and that it was "committed to preserving as many jobs as possible".
But it warned that it was possible that "further store closures may regrettably be necessary".
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