5 h. ago All UK high street shops closing in May including Wetherspoons and Poundland – see list

A number of retailers are set to close some of their stores this May in the latest blow to the country's struggling high streets – here's the full list of all the closures

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6 d. ago 'Really sad news' say shoppers as Costa Coffee closes another high street shop

The coffee shop first opened in Lyme Regis in 2012 after it took over the site from estate agents Fortnam, Smith and Bennett - and now, shoppers have reacted to the news

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1 week ago JD Sports to close 50 high street stores next year as it announces huge business shake

The popular brand is set for a massive restructure next financial year. Around 150 new stores will open, while roughly 100 will be converted or relocated.

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1 week ago One of Britain's biggest high street shop chains announces it must close 50 stores next year

The popular brand is set for a massive restructure next financial year. Around 150 new stores will open, while roughly 100 will be converted or relocated.

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2 w. ago UK's biggest toy shop chain to shut high street store for good in just a few weeks

The UK's biggest toy store franchise is set to close the doors of one of its beloved high street shops forever – the cherished high street store has been described as an 'asset' to the local community

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3 w. ago Major retailer to close UK high street store as shoppers blame 'greedy landlords'

Poundland is going through a rough time right now – like much of the UK's high street – and now a much-loved branch in a popular shopping centre is just weeks away from closing

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3 w. ago Boost to Ayr High Street retail as knitwear giant eyes up return

The shop, based at 208-210 High Street, closed in November 2020 when parent company, the EWM Group, entered administration.

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3 w. ago Major UK high street charity shop to close 74 stores as bosses admit huge losses

Charity Scopes has been a fixture across the UK's high streets since it first opened a store in Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1970, but bosses have now confirmed many stores will close

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4 w. ago Preston’s attempts to bore Aston Villa to distraction crumble like pastry | Jonathan Liew

Championship perennials are beige down to their signature snack but their existence is still something to savourThe man behind the counter at Greggs on Fishergate has never heard of a butter pie, but try Poundbakery over the street. Poundbakery doesn’t do butter pie, but try Greenhalgh’s on the corner. Greenhalgh’s: closed on Sundays. The chip shop on Market Street does meat pie, meat and potato, steak, steak and kidney, chicken and mushroom, cheese and onion. Butter pie? A shake of the head.You’ve got to try the butter pie. That’s what everyone says the first time you visit Preston. It was created in industrial times, for the largely Catholic working population to eat on Fridays when meat was forbidden. Often you hear it described as a “delicacy”, but even this is to overstate its intensely yeoman nature. It’s layers of potatoes, onions and butter in a pie. It’s cheap. It’s hearty. It’s unpretentious. It exists to be consumed and then immediately forgotten. It is – with deepes...

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