It means redundancies now look likely for all 12,500 staff at the high-street chain as all 400 stores are set to close
Every one of Wilko's 400 stores will close by early October, according to the GMB union which represents thousands of its workers.
It said on Monday that Wilko’s warehouses in Worksop and Newport are now both due to close on Friday September 15. It added that a further 124 stores are due to close next week, with these set to shut between September 19 and September 21. Nelson's store will close on Tuesday and Burnley's on Thursday.The retailer had already confirmed that 52 stores would shut this week, leading to 1,016 redundancies, with hundreds of other job losses across the business.
PwC, who are overseeing the administration, has already agreed a roughly £13 million deal to sell up to 51 Wilko stores to rival B&M. Fellow discount retailer Poundland is still in talks with PwC in an attempt to snap up around 100 shops, according to Sky News. “Money was siphoned out of the business for dividends, warnings about what needed to be done to save the business were not heeded and advice around what the business had to do to thrive was not listened to. No worker caused the downfall of Wilko. But they will be the ones who will suffer – all as the owners get off scot-free. GMB will not stop campaigning for the owners of this debacle to be held to account.
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