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Dobbies to shut 17 stores with nearly 500 jobs at risk

The Independent

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October 02, 2024

Garden centre group Dobbies has revealed plans to shut 17 stores putting nearly 500 jobs at risk. Dobbies said the proposed closures are part of a restructuring plan to help return the business to profit and reduce its rent bill.

- HENRY SAKER-CLARK

Dobbies to shut 17 stores with nearly 500 jobs at risk

The plan, which will need approval by creditors, will see the firm shut 11 larger Dobbies sites and six Little Dobbies by the end of the year.

Dobbies stores set to close:

Altrincham

Antrim

Gloucester

Gosforth

Harlestone Heath

Huntingdon

Inverness

King's Lynn

Pennine

Reading

Stratford-upon-Avon

Little Dobbies set to close:

Cheltenham

Chiswick

Clifton

Richmond

Stockbridge

Westbourne Grove

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