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More Poundworld closures with staff headcount.


Aberdeen - 14

Ashton Under Lyne - 16

Bangor - 10

Belfast - 15

Blackwood - 12

Bury - 15

Castleford - 14

Chatham - 13

Crystal Peaks - 12

Doncaster - 9

Dunfermline - 13

East Kilbride - 16

Edmonton - 9

Guiseley - 14

Hull - 13

Irvine (Rivergate shopping centre) - 13

Irvine (Riverway retail park) - 12

Kettering BB - 20

Middlesbrough - 10

Newbury - 11

Newcastle - 13

Newport - 11

Newtownards - 18

Perth - 8

Peterlee - 11

Plymouth - 18

Preston - 18

Queensferry - 8

Redcar - 11

Robroyston - 11

Rochdale - 16

Rotherham Parkgate - 9

Southend - 13

Southport - 13

St Helens - 15

Sutton - 13

Swindon - 27

Tottenham - 14

West Bromwich - 13

Wigan - 10

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44891786
All Poundworld stores will now close by 10th August. Looks like no sort of rescue was possible.

cwathen wrote: Thu 19 Jul, 2018 21.22 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44891786
All Poundworld stores will now close by 10th August. Looks like no sort of rescue was possible.

Worth noting that report states that 299 people are still employed at head office until Friday. Yet, it was clear that the social media part of the business stopped posting as soon as the administrators took over.

MarkAshley wrote: Thu 19 Jul, 2018 23.32

Martin Phillp wrote: Wed 18 Jul, 2018 16.44 More Poundworld closures with staff headcount.

Crystal Peaks - 12

I've seen all 12 of Crystal Peaks' special videos.

No idea what you're talking about. But Crystal Peaks store was probably the smallest I've been in, single fronted shop with just 3 or 4 short aisles. Surprised they had 12 staff.

Martin Phillp wrote: Thu 19 Jul, 2018 21.49

cwathen wrote: Thu 19 Jul, 2018 21.22 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44891786
All Poundworld stores will now close by 10th August. Looks like no sort of rescue was possible.

Worth noting that report states that 299 people are still employed at head office until Friday. Yet, it was clear that the social media part of the business stopped posting as soon as the administrators took over.

I imagine those are mostly in the distribution side of things.

Poundworld founder Chris Edwards is once again making a last ditch attempt to save the business.

Martin Phillp wrote: Wed 18 Jul, 2018 16.44Hull - 13

Hull has three branches. Whitefriargate, King Edward Street, and North Point Shopping Centre. No way do they only have 13 staff between them.

Having just read in Private Eye about the bewilderingly complex chain of debt that Yodel is in, I'm going to call a disastrous collapse for them, probably following a cold weather event. Maybe just before Christmas.

Fucking good.

Also notice that PoundLand have posters up proclaiming themselves as "Your Favourite Pound Store".

No doubt they will have to change that to "only" soon enough.

thegeek wrote: Sat 21 Jul, 2018 21.22 Having just read in Private Eye about the bewilderingly complex chain of debt that Yodel is in, I'm going to call a disastrous collapse for them, probably following a cold weather event. Maybe just before Christmas.

If I recall Yodel was born out of Littlewoods home delivery service, once known as HDNL and the domestic side of DHL UK's courier business which was sold.

The merging of these two businesses clearly didn't go well, although their price point was good enough for major chains to use their 'service' which is frankly the worst of the lot. They once delivered a PC smashed up here.

I think it'll come down to whether the Weirdo Brothers who also own the Torygraph will sell the business or if Littlewoods and Very will find it more viable to use a rival courier network instead of their own.

Poundworld's website is finally down.