3 h. ago Major high street chain to close 12 stores this month including two in Greater Manchester

Closures come after the chain revealed a restructuring plan earlier in the year

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5 d. ago Poundland to shut six shops today as it confirms two more stores to close – full list of 67 being axed

POUNDLAND is set to close six stores today in a blow to shoppers. The popular discount chain will close its branches in Havant, Newport, Ripley, Swanley, Uttoxeter and Partick for good today. Meanwhile, it has confirmed that a further two stores will be axed. Its shop in Market Harborough will close on October 9, while...

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6 d. ago Shoppers clear shelves in huge closing down sale as beauty chain shuts 56 stores this week – see the full list

A MAJOR high street beauty chain will close its remaining stores this weekend after it tumbled into administration. Bodycare used to operate 115 stores but it was forced to appoint administrators from Interpath Advisory earlier this month. Exactly 32 stores closed with immediate effect, making around 450 employees redundant. Meanwhile, 30 stores closed a week...

Economics

7 d. ago Major coffee chain to close 'some' UK stores putting thousands of jobs at risk

The multinational chain is said to employ over 5,600 people across 520 UK stores.

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8 d. ago Starbucks in UK store closure announcement after carrying out 'review'

The chain said it would close outlets which had not created "the physical environment" wanted by customers

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8 d. ago Starbucks UK: store closures could see local drinks cafes close with coffee chain set to cut costs

Some UK cafés could disappear as the global coffee brand reshapes its store network ☕

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8 d. ago Starbucks UK: store closures could see local drinks cafes close with coffee chain set cut costs

Some UK cafés could disappear as the global coffee brand reshapes its store network ☕

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1 week ago Why Amazon Fresh failed: As all 19 remaining UK stores close, experts blame 'dystopian' concept that stoked fears of Big Brother surveillance

It was supposed to trigger a revolution in how we shop on the high street. But Amazon's 'dystopian' Fresh concept may instead be remembered as a failed experiment in mass surveillance.

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1 week ago Major high street beauty chain closes all remaining 56 stores as 444 jobs lost

Bodycare collapsed into administration earlier this month and administrators have announced the closure of its 56 remaining stores

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2 w. ago Beauty chain to close 2 Scots stores this week and 28 more across the country

The move will see the company reduce from around 147 stores to just 85.

Politics

2 w. ago Popular high street chain shutting 14 stores today – full list of closures

Bodycare has announced it will close another 30 shops starting today after the high street beauty chain collapsed into administration in another hammer blow to Britain's declining high street

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2 w. ago Major high street beauty chain to close another 30 shops as rescue sale sought – see full list

The British high street beauty retailer announced that the latest closures would occur on Tuesday and Thursday this week, with around 130 staff members facing redundancy

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2 w. ago Foodies 'grieving' after popular US bakery chain closes all of its UK stores

A popular American bakery chain has closed all 12 of its UK locations, leaving fans of the chain 'devastated'. It operated in major cities throughout the UK since opening in 2020

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3 w. ago US bakery chain closes all UK branches and quits country despite praise for its 'gorgeous' products

The chain has announced it will be shutting the doors at all 12 of it's branches across the country just five years after launching.

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3 w. ago West Lothian bakery closes as American chain suddenly shuts down all UK stores

Cinnabon opened its first UK store in 2020 and most recently had 12 sites in locations including Livingston, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Birmingham.

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3 w. ago Full list of Cinnabon store closures as all UK branches 'shut down'

A popular US bakery chain has closed all 12 of its UK stores

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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