Huge homeware chain with 230 locations to close ALL stores for three days this Christmas in company first

A MAJOR homeware concatenation with 230 locations is acceptable to adjacent each stores for THREE days this Christmas.

A well-known marque volition beryllium shutting up store for an extended clip crossed the festive play successful a institution first.

Wickes announced they volition beryllium pulling the shutters down connected Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Staff volition invited customers backmost connected December 27 aft a well-deserved Christmas break.

Employees are besides acceptable to summation and further time of paid permission connected Christmas Eve.

Branches crossed England, Wales and Scotland will besides fastener up earlier astatine 7pm from December 16 to 21.

On New Year's Eve doors volition unopen astatine 4pm.

David Wood, Chief Executive Officer astatine Wickes said: "Here astatine Wickes, our Christmas closures person go a mode to convey each our colleagues for their tremendous services passim the year, showing them that each of their hard enactment decidedly doesn’t spell unnoticed and is hugely appreciated."

England and Wales:

• Monday December 23: 7am* – 7pm
• Tuesday December 24: Closed
• Wednesday December 25: Closed
• Thursday December 26: Closed
• Friday December 27: 7am* – 7pm

Scotland:

• Monday December 23: 7am* – 7pm
• Tuesday December 24: Closed
• Wednesday December 25: Closed
• Thursday December 26: Closed
• Friday December 27: 7am* – 7pm

New Year’s Hours:

England & Wales:

• Tuesday December 31: 7am* - 4pm
• Wednesday January 1: 10am - 4pm
• Thursday January 2: 7am* - 7pm

Scotland:

• Tuesday December 31: 7am* - 4pm
• Wednesday January 1: Closed
• Thursday January 2: 7am* - 7pm

It comes arsenic large retailers are shutting shops connected Boxing Day to springiness their unit an other day's remainder implicit the festive season.

Thousands of well-known shops are closing down for 2 days implicit Christmas, contempt excitement astir Boxing Day sales.

On December 25, Christmas Day, astir big-name stores traditionally adjacent to let unit to walk clip with their loved ones.

Many much whitethorn get an other time to observe connected Boxing Day too, with galore shoppers having to clasp connected earlier hitting the winter income successful person.

The slope vacation has notoriously held immoderate of the biggest income of the year, with precocious streets packed afloat of shoppers looking retired for immoderate discounted goodies.

In bid not to miss retired connected Boxing Day disappointment, marque definite to cheque up earlier heading out.

Here are the stores that person confirmed they are closing connected December 26.

B&Q

B&Q has revealed it volition shutter its much than 300 UK branches connected December 25 and 26 to springiness unit a well-earned break.

The retailer, which stocks everything from garden products to kitchenware, tools and instrumentality volition besides adjacent each its stores aboriginal on Christmas Eve.

Branches across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will unopen astatine 4pm alternatively of the accustomed 8pm.

Poundland

Bargain retailer Poundland volition adjacent its stores connected some Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Simon Wells, radical manager astatine Poundland, said: "We person superb colleagues present astatine Poundland & Dealz who enactment incredibly hard passim the year, bringing our brands to beingness each time and supporting our customers.

"But we cognize they each peculiarly radiance astatine Christmas, bringing the magic to our stores that our customers cognize and love. 

Staff volition besides beryllium fixed a £25 voucher to walk successful stores up of the large day.

Aldi

Get your bargain groceries successful present due to the fact that Aldi volition beryllium shutting connected some Christmas Day and Boxing Day this year.

Aldi UK communications manager Richard Thornton said: "Christmas is specified a peculiar play for galore of our colleagues, and by keeping our stores closed connected Boxing Day, Aldi gives them much clip to walk with their loved ones. 

"Customers volition person plentifulness to look guardant to successful the run-up to Christmas, with breathtaking Christmas ranges hitting shelves successful clip for the festive season."

It's not the archetypal clip Aldi has closed connected Boxing Day - the discounter has been doing truthful for the past fewer years.

The Range and Wilko

These 2 beloved chains person announced they volition beryllium shutting connected the 25 and 26 of December.

Retailers The Range and Wilko, owned by CDS Stores, implemented the treble closure past year.

Chief enforcement serviceman for CDS Alex Simpkin said: "This year’s been different large 1 for the business.

"We’re grateful to each our unthinkable squad for their dedication and hard enactment and judge everyone deserves a well-earned remainder during the festive season.

"So, successful appreciation, we’ll beryllium closing our stores connected Boxing Day to springiness our squad the accidental to bask a afloat two-day interruption with their families."

Home Bargains

The fashionable discount concatenation is closing its 600 UK stores connected Boxing Day this year.

To fto their unit marque the astir of the holidays they volition besides beryllium closing astatine 5pm connected Christmas Eve alternatively of the accustomed 8pm oregon 9pm.

It volition besides beryllium closed connected New Year's Day.

A spokesperson for Home Bargains said: “We cognize however hard each our colleagues person worked passim the year.

"Being a family-run business, we recognise the value of spending prime clip with our loved ones.

"Therefore, we consciousness it is lone close to enactment our valued store teams by giving them extended clip disconnected astir Christmas and New Year."

John Lewis and Waitrose

The John Lewis Partnership exclusively told The Sun it volition beryllium unopen connected some Christmas Day and Boxing Day, arsenic volition the bulk of Waitrose stores.

There are much than 300 Waitrose shops and 33 John Lewis sites that volition beryllium closed, with lone a fewer remaining unfastened connected the 26.

Only John Lewis shops wrong the Trafford and Stratford buying centres volition stay open.

Waitrose and The John Lewis Partnership closed astir of their stores for these dates past year.

Homebase

The location betterment retailer volition unopen each its branches connected Boxing Day.

Homebase confirmed to The Sun that the 142 stores volition adjacent for a afloat 48 hours to let unit clip with their friends and families.

A spokesperson for the DIY Giant said: "We’ll erstwhile again beryllium closing our stores connected Boxing Day truthful our squad tin bask clip with their friends and household implicit the festive period."

Chains often advertise their festive opening hours on X and Facebook.

You tin besides effort utilizing a retailer's store locator instrumentality which should archer you the opening hours for your section branch.

Often if you telephone the store oregon inquire a subordinate of unit they volition beryllium capable to help.

You tin cheque retired a database of different retailers closing present connected Boxing Day here:

• Screwfix
• Wickes
• M&S
• Lidl
• Iceland