Scottish Daily Mail

Wilko shuts 15 stores

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WILKO announced yesterday it is planning to close 15 stores this year.

The retailer said the stores affected will shut as leases end and favourable terms cannot be agreed.

But the GMB union said it was ‘another nail in the high Street’s coffin’, warning that hundreds of jobs could be lost.

Jerome Saint-Marc,

Wilko’s chief executive said: ‘We’ll be doing everything we can to support our affected team members who will be offered any available positions in nearby stores.

‘We apologise to those communitie­s where stores are closing.’

Roger Jenkins, GMB national officer, said: ‘These closures are devastatin­g for Wilko workers.’

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