High street carnage continues as final Poundworld closures are confirmed
The Wakefield head office and distribution centre of Poundworld will close today, resulting in 299 people losing their jobs immediately - with all remaining stores nationwide now set to close, resulting in 2,339 job losses.
Administrators Deloitte were appointed on 11 June, at which point Poundworld operated 335 stores and employed 5,100 people.
Over the last two weeks, Deloitte has made several announcements of store closures while it said it sought a buyer to save some stores.
But last night, it announced the closure of... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
