HUNDREDS of Wilko stores could be shutting their doors as the retailer is on the brink of collapsing.
The high street has been hit hard in recent years due to the growth of online shopping, especially during the cost of living crisis.
Wilko announced it wasfiling for a notice of intent to appoint administratorsGetty
Wilko has filed for a notice of intent to appoint administrators.
The discount chain has 400 shops and employs about 12,000 people.
If Wilko does file for administration this means all control of the business is passed to an appointed administrator – who has to be a licensed insolvency practitioner.
Find out if which Wilko stores could be at risk of closing…
Which Wilko stores could be at risk of closing?
Here is the full list of towns and cities with Wilko shops in the UK:
AberdareAbergavennyAccringtonAcocks GreenActonAldershotAlfretonAlnwickAltrinchamAmmanfordAndoverArnoldAshfordAshingtonAshton-Under-LyneAylesburyAyrBanburyBarkingBarnsley (3 stores)BarnstapleBarrow In FurnessBarryBasildonBasingstokeBedford (2)BedminsterBelperBeverleyBexleyheathBicesterBiggleswadeBirkenheadBirmingham (3)Bishop AucklandBishops StortfordBlackburnBlackpoolBlackwoodBletchleyBlythBognor RegisBolton (2)BordonBostonBournemouth (2)BradfordBrentwoodBridgendBridgwaterBriggBrighouseBristol (3)BromleyBrownhillsBurgess HillBurnleyBurton Upon TrentBuryBury St EdmundsCamberleyCambridgeCanterburyCardiff (3)CarlisleCarmarthenCastle DouglasChathamChelmsfordCheltenhamChepstowChesterChester Le StreetChesterfieldChippenhamClacton On SeaCleethorpesCleveleysClowneClydebankCoalvilleCockermouthColchesterCorbyCoventry (2)CowleyCramlingtonCrawleyCreweCwmbranDagenhamDarlingtonDartfordDentonDerby (3)DerehamDevizesDewsburyDidcotDoncaster (2)DriffieldDroitwichDudleyDunstableDurhamEast HamEastbourne (2)EcclesEdinburghEllesmere PortElyEpsomExeterFalkirkFalmouthFarehamFarnboroughFerndownFolkestoneGainsboroughGateshead (2)GillinghamGloucesterGravesendGrays (2)Great MalvernGreat Yarmouth (2)GreenockGreenwichGrimsby (2)HalesowenHalifaxHamiltonHanleyHarlowHarrowHartlepoolHavantHaverfordwestHayesHemel HempsteadHerefordHigh WycombeHinckleyHitchinHolyheadHorshamHounslowHucknallHuddersfieldHull (2)HuntingdonHuytonIlfordIlkestonIpswichIrvineJarrowKenilworthKent (2)KetteringKidderminsterKings LynnKingston Upon ThamesKingston Upon HullKingswoodKnowleLancasterLeamington SpaLeeds (7)LeekLeicester (5)LeighLeighton BuzzardLetchworthLewishamLichfieldLincolnLiverpool (3)LivingstonLlandudnoLlanelliLondon (9)Long EatonLoughboroughLouthLowestoftLutonMaidenheadMaidstoneManchester (4)MansfieldMarket DraytonMarket HarboroughMatlockMelton MowbrayMerthyr TydfilMiddlesbroughMiddlesexMildenhallMilton KeynesMorristonMotherwellNeathNelsonNewarkNewburyNewcastleNewcastle Under LymeNewcastle Upon Tyne (3)NewportNewton AbbotNewton AycliffeNewton-Le-WillowsNorth ShieldsNorthallertonNorthampton (3)NorthfieldNorwichNottingham (9)NuneatonOakhamOrpingtonOswestryPembroke DockPengePerry BarrPeterborough (2)PeterleePlymouthPontefractPontypoolPoolePort TalbotPorthmadogPortsmouthPreston (2)PwllheliRainhamRamsgateReadingRedcarRedditchRedhillRedruthRetfordRhylRipleyRomfordRotherhamRowley RegisRoyal Kingston Upon ThamesRugbyRugeleyRuncornRushdenSaleSalfordScarboroughScunthorpeSeahamSelbySheffield (6)ShipleyShirleyShrewsburySittingbourneSkegnessSkelmersdaleSloughSolihullSouth ShieldsSouthamptonSouthend On SeaSouthportSpaldingSt AlbansSt AustellSt HelensStaffordStamfordStevenageStockportStockton On TeesStoke-On-TrentStourbridgeStratfordStroodStroudSunderlandSuttonSutton-In-AshfieldSwanleySwanseaSwindon (2)Tamworth (2)TauntonTelford (2)ThetfordTiptonTorquayTrowbridgeTruroUttoxeterUxbridgeWakefield (2)WallaseyWalsall (2)WalthamstowWalton On ThamesWarringtonWashingtonWaterloovilleWatfordWellingboroughWembleyWest DraytonWest EalingWeston-Super-MareWeymouthWhitehavenWidnesWiganWimbledonWinsfordWokingWolverhamptonWood GreenWoolwichWorcesterWorkingtonWorksop (2)WorthingWrexhamWythenshaweYeovilYork
It isn’t 100% certain that Wilko will need to pull the plug on any of its shops across the country.
All sites will continue to operate as normal for now, and even if administrators are brought in, the stores could still keep going if the company is bought by someone else.
What other retailers are closing?
It’s not just shops either, food and pub chains have also been hit, resulting in brands like Wetherspoons and Frankie & Benny’s closing.
Following the pandemic businesses were struggling to bounce back anyway, only to then be hit by soaring energy bills.
On Saturday August 5, Clarks shoes shut the doors on its store in Fareham for food.
Before that Clarks closed a store in Dundee on July 25.
Although, some chains have managed to defy high street troubles and are actually set to open new shops.
These include discount chains like Poundland which is set to open 15 shops in the coming weeks and Greggs which is aiming to open 150 new sites this year.
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