Dobbies to shut 16 branches before Christmas – see full list

The plot centre concatenation antecedently announced it would adjacent 17 stores earlier the extremity of the year, including 11 larger sites and six of its smaller Little Dobbies stores

Dobbies has confirmed the nonstop day a fistful of stores volition adjacent earlier Christmas.

The plot centre concatenation antecedently announced it would adjacent 17 stores earlier the extremity of the year, including 11 larger sites and six of its smaller Little Dobbies stores, arsenic portion of a large restructuring plan. One of the locations that was earmarked for closure, Antrim, volition nary longer beryllium shutting aft negotiations with the landlord.

But sadly, each six Little Dobbies person present closed, portion six of the bigger Dobbies stores each present person projected closure dates, according to Gardenforum. The remaining 4 larger Dobbie sites are each reportedly holding closing down sales.

Dobbies antecedently said the closures would impact 465 employees. The gardening centre concatenation employs astir 3,600 radical and earlier the closures, had 77 stores crossed the UK. The restructuring program is inactive taxable to tribunal approval.

A spokesperson for Dobbies antecedently said: "Subject to the restructuring program being successfully approved, we expect the affected sites to cease trading by the extremity of the year. Thereafter, Dobbies volition run 60 stores and proceed to play a cardinal relation successful the market, moving constructively with stakeholders and suppliers, and having an progressive and committed relation successful the communities successful which it’s based."

The plot centre chain, which was bought by concern steadfast Ares Management past year, fell to a £105.2million pre-tax nonaccomplishment successful the twelvemonth to March 2023, against a £7million nonaccomplishment a twelvemonth earlier, according to its most-recently filed institution accounts.

Full database of Little Dobbies that person already shut

• Little Dobbies - Bristol - already closed

• Little Dobbies - Richmond - already closed

• Little Dobbies - Cheltenham - already closed

• Little Dobbies – Edinburgh Stockbridge - already closed

• Little Dobbies - Chiswick - already closed

• Little Dobbies – Westbourne Grove - already closed

Full database of Dobbies that are earmarked for closure

• Dobbies – Pennine - December 15

• Dobbies – Kings Lynn - December 15

• Dobbies - Gloucester - December 15

• Dobbies – Harlestone Heath - December 17

• Dobbies – Altrincham - December 17

• Dobbies – Gosforth - December 19/20

The pursuing are said to beryllium holding closing down sales, without a circumstantial closure day listed:

• Huntingdon
• Inverness
• Reading
• Stratford connected Avon

Dobbies is besides seeking to trim its rent astatine the pursuing further 9 stores:

• Aylesbury – World’s End
• Hare Hatch
• Havant
• Leicester
• Lelant
• Morpeth
• Northampton
• Rugby
• Stapleton