Poundworld closes 80 stores as job losses top 1,200

A further batch of Poundworld stores are to close as administrators scramble to sell the business.

An additional 80 are now slated for closure, on top of the previously announced 25 clsoures. This brings the number of job losses to 1,266.

This brings the number of branches still open to 230.

Restructuring partners at Deloitte said they are still trying to find a buyer but that it has not been possible to sell the whole business.

Poundworld’s founder Chris Edwards was ruled out as a possible buyer last week, though the founder of rival Poundland is understood to be in talks over a possible rescue.

The full list of 80 closures

Aberdeen
Banbury
Banbury
Bexley Heath
Birkenhead
Blackburn
Bloxwich
Blyth Bb
Bolton
Bolton Breightmet Rp
Bootle
Bradford
Bristol
Bude
Burton Upon Trent
Canterbury
Cardiff
Chelmsford
Chester
Corby
Coventry
Cramlington
Dagenham
Darlington
Dewsbury
Fleet
Fulham
Gateshead
Glasgow
Gloucester
Greenock
Grimsby
Harlow
Harrogate
Havant
Hinckley
Huddersfield
Inverness
Jarrow
Kings Lynn
Kirkby
Leeds Crown Point
Leeds Kirkstall Rd
Leicester
Leicester (Bb)
Liverpool
Livingston
Llanelli
Llantrissant
London Archway
Manchester
Merry Hill
Merthyr Tydfil
Middlesbrough
Northampton
Norwich
Nottingham
Portsmouth
Rotherham Duk
Seacroft (Leeds)
Selby
Sheffield
Shepherds Bush
Shrewsbury
Slough
South Shields
Southport
St Albans
Stocksbridge
Sunderland
Sutton
Swinton
Watford
Wood Green