Wilko: Five Yorkshire stores amongst group set for closure next week

Yorkshire Post

Wilko's administrator has announced that five stores in Yorkshire are amongst the 52 which have been marked for closure next week. Business Reporter Michael Crossland reports.

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00:00 I'm Michael Crossland, Business Reporter with the Yorkshire Post and we have news today from Wilker

00:05 which has announced that five of its stores in Yorkshire will be amongst the 52 closures

00:10 that are set to go ahead next week. The firms Morley and Wakefield stores in West Yorkshire

00:17 are both marked to close on Tuesday the 12th of September and then on Thursday the 14th of

00:23 September Wilker stores in Dewsbury and Huddersfield as well as its store in Courtham Wood

00:29 which is near Barnsley will also close. It's been reported that the 52 closures nationally will lead

00:36 to around 1,000 redundancies. Before entering administration Wilker had 400 stores and around

00:43 12,500 staff members. The news comes after Wilker's administrator Price Waterhouse Cooper

00:51 announced yesterday that a deal had been struck with rival retailer B&M for the company to purchase

00:57 52 other Wilker stores. The administrator has said that it is still in talks to save parts

01:05 of the business. I'm Michael Crossland reporting for the Yorkshire Post.

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