Full list of Dobbies stores staying open as 16 set to close for good by end of year

The closures were portion of a large restructuring program - which is inactive taxable to tribunal support - and included 11 larger sites alongside six of its smaller "Little Dobbies" stores

Dobbies recently confirmed the closure dates of a fistful of stores aft announcing that 16 would unopen by the extremity of the year.

The closures are portion of a large restructuring program - which is inactive taxable to tribunal support - and included 10 larger sites alongside six of its smaller "Little Dobbies" stores, each of which person closed now. Originally, it was 11 larger sites, however, 1 store successful Northern Ireland was saved aft negotiating a caller rent.

The courts are acceptable to determine connected the restructuring program connected December 9. If it is agreed upon, the 16 Dobbie stores volition adjacent by the extremity of the year. Nine Dobbies stores are presently moving to negociate rent reductions. These are not portion of the planned 16 closures, but they are astatine hazard if negotiations fail.

Dobbies antecedently said the closures would impact 465 of its wide 3,600 workers. Before the closures, the plot centre concatenation had 77 stores crossed the UK. If each closures spell ahead, 61 Dobbies stores volition beryllium near overall.

A spokesperson for Dobbies antecedently told the Mirror: "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 Dobbies stores staying open

• Andover

• Ashford

• Atherstone

• Aylesbury

• Beaconsfield

• Birtley

• Boston

• Brighton

• Bury St Edmunds

• Cadnam

• Carlisle

• Chesterfield

• Cirencester

• Derby

• Gailey

• Galton

• Gillingham

• Hare Hatch

• Havant

• Hungerford

• Keston

• Leicester

• Lelant

• Liverpool

• Marple

• Milton Keynes

• Moreton Park

• Morpeth

• Northampton

• Peterborough

• Ponteland

• Preston

• Royston

• Rugby

• Shenstone

• Shepton Mallet

• Shrewsbury

• Southport

• Stapleton

• Stockton

• Swindon

• Telford

• Tewkesbury

• Thornbury

• Woodbridge

• Woodcote Green

• York

• Aberdeen

• Ayr

• Braehead

• Dundee

• Dunfermline

• Edinburgh

• Livingston

• Milngavie

• Perth

• Sandyholm

• Stirling

• Antrim

• Lisburn

• Swansea

Dobbies stores successful rent negotiations

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

Full database of Dobbies stores closing

• Pennine - December 15
• Kings Lynn - December 15
• Harlestone Heath - December 17
• Gloucester - December 15
• Gosforth - December 19/20
• Altrincham - December 17
• Huntingdon - TBC

• Reading - TBC

• Stratford Upon Avon - TBC

• Inverness - TBC

Full database of Little Dobbies that person already shut

• Little Dobbies - Bristol

• Little Dobbies - Richmond

• Little Dobbies - Cheltenham

• Little Dobbies – Edinburgh Stockbridge

• Little Dobbies - Chiswick

• Little Dobbies – Westbourne Grove