6 h. ago Huge food chain closes all UK shops and vanishes from high street

It has abruptly closed all 12 of its UK outlets, disappearing from the high street just four years after its arrival

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11 h. ago Major bakery chain closes all stores after failed expansion in UK

The US bakery chain first launched in the UK in 2020, but has now announced it is closing all 12 of its locations in the nation after a failed expansion that leaves them with no choice

Events

13 h. ago Hollow Knight: Silksong has caused bedlam in the gaming world – and the hype is justified

In this week’s newsletter: the long-awaited release from the three-person Team Cherry studio has crashed gaming storefronts and put indie developers back in the spotlightJust one game has been dominating the gaming conversation over the past week: Hollow Knight Silksong, an eerie, atmospheric action game from a small developer in Australia called Team Cherry. It was finally released last Thursday after many years in development, and everybody is loving it. Hollow Knight was so popular that it crashed multiple gaming storefronts. With continual game cancellations, expensive failures and layoffs at bigger studios, this is the kind of indie triumph the industry loves to celebrate at the moment. But Silksong hasn’t come out of nowhere, and its success would not be easily reproducible for any other game, indie or not.If you’re wondering what this game actually is, then imagine a dark, mostly underground labyrinth of bug nests and abandoned caverns that gradually yields its secrets to a d...

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14 h. ago Cinnabon closes Stirling store less than a year after opening following failed UK expansion

The American bakery giant opened its Stirling store in November last year but has now announced the closure of its entire UK operation.

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16 h. ago Cinnabon shuts down all Scottish stores after failed UK expansion

Cinnabon, which had stores in Glasgow, Stirling and Livingston, has shut all stores across the UK.

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58 h. ago Red Lobster introduces new shrimp deal a year after bankruptcy caused by disastrous bottomless offer

The fast food chain closed 129 locations after filing for bankruptcy last year

Economics

66 h. ago Dumfries branch of Bodycare closes after high street chain goes into administration

The High Street outlet is one of 32 stores across the country which has shut, with around 450 members of staff being made redundant.

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5 d. ago Mystery surrounds UK food chain as two Greater Manchester stores close

The branches in the city centre and Trafford Centre appear to have closed

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5 d. ago UK high street beauty chain to close 32 stores as it collapses into administration

The move will see around 450 employees made redundant.

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5 d. ago High street chain Bodycare announces 32 UK stores to close with 450 jobs lost

Administrators said challenges became "too difficult to overcome"

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5 d. ago High street beauty chain to close 32 shops with hundreds of job losses

High street beauty chain Bodycare is to shut 32 of its shops across the UK after falling into administration.

Economics

7 d. ago Cosmetics chain Lush closes ALL of its stores and shuts down its website in protest over Palestine

High street cosmetics firm Lush has shut down its website and closed all its UK stores in what the company says is a pro-Palestine statement of solidarity.

Events

9 d. ago Poundland to close final Scots store this month in major restructuring plans

The discounted chain has already closed stores in Perth, Broxburn and Port Glasgow last month.

Sport

1 week ago Australians in London taste test M&S lamingtons: ‘A cubed cake does not a lamington make’

The UK retailer has released its own versions of the classic Australian cake. Melbourne-born Londoner Rose Johnstone assembles a group of UK-based Australians to try itGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email“Sorry, did you say lemingtons? Are they like, tropical fruits?”Not the response I was expecting when I excitedly told my colleagues that M&S Food was about to launch two versions of lamingtons to the UK public. As an Australian living in London, I’m used to navigating minor cultural differences in the workplace. Case in point: Brits eat their sausage rolls cold, with no sauce. And if you ask for sauce, they’d ask: “What kind?” But to learn that they hadn’t heard of lamingtons – the treat I’d scoff at my Grandma’s house, the major player at any cake stall, the bakery stalwart, neighbour to the trusty snot block – felt downright wrong. Like I’d slipped through a wormhole into a tragic parallel universe.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture a...

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1 week ago High street chain closes 56 stores with some shutting 'in weeks' full list

A charity shop chain with branches across England and Wales has been hit with difficulties

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2 w. ago Poundland: More stores to close after chain restructure go ahead

The budget retailer previously said 68 stores would close as part of its turnaround plan.

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2 w. ago Chef says 'I just don't think it's doable anymore' as Welsh burger chain closes restaurant

MAG, also known as The Meat & Greet, will soon be closing the doors of one of its restaurants for the last time and is blaming a 'crazy time in hospitality'

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