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    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Ex-Wilko boss says owner can’t plug pension hole

      Chair of collapsed retailer ‘devastated’ about letting down workers as taxpayer on the hook for over £40mn

      Former Wilko chair Lisa Wilkinson
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Wilko bosses and auditor to be quizzed by MPs over retailer’s collapse

      Former CEO and chair of discount chain and EY representatives will face questions

      Shoppers walk past a Wilko store in Putney, London
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Wilko collapsed owing unsecured creditors almost £550mn

      Discount chain is being wound down after no rescue deal was found

      Wilko collapsed into administration in August
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      News in-depth
      Wilko left on the shelf despite final sales push

      Hopes of rescuing jobs and stores at collapsed discounter unravelled during at times ill-tempered administration

      Wilko storefront
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      UK retail industry
      Poundland owner to take control of 71 Wilko sites as chain is wound down

      Discounter has agreed to take on leases with plans to convert them to its own brand

      A Wilko store in Putney, south-west London
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      PwC confirms Wilko to close remaining 300 stores

      Total of 12,500 jobs at risk as chain disappears from high street after almost a century

      A Wilko store in Altrincham, England
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      UK retail industry
      Wilko break-up begins with 1,300 more job losses

      Rival discounter B&M to acquire 51 stores but a similar number will close next week

      A Wilko store in Kensington, London
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Wilko announces job losses after rescue bid falls through

      Private equity firm M2 Capital had not provided administrators with proof of funding by a Thursday morning deadline

      A Wilko hardware store on Kensington High Street in London
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Wilko bidder M2 criticises administrators PwC

      Private equity firm questions fairness of offer process as discount chain’s future remains undecided

      A pedestrian walks past a Wilko store
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      UK retail industry
      Wilko administrators warn of ‘likely’ job losses and store closures

      PwC continues to seek buyer for UK discount retailer after its collapse earlier this month

      Exterior of a Wilko
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      How high street stalwart Wilko came unstuck

      Discount chain collapsed after almost a century in the face of competition, supply chain problems and inflation

    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      UK discount retailer Wilko collapses into administration

      Failure of rescue talks with prospective suitors puts around 12,500 jobs at risk

      The exterior of a Wilko store in Manchester
    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      UK discount retailer Wilko on the brink of collapse

      Chain prepares to appoint administrator within days if it fails to find a buyer or investor

      A Wilko discount store in Darlington
    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Discount retailer Wilko secures fresh funding after pandemic hit

      UK employer of 16,000 had warned it could run out of cash by end of 2023

      A Wilko store
    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Wilko appoints chief executive with wide restructuring experience

      Mark Jackson to join retail chain as it looks to safeguard its future with new credit facilities

      Exterior of a Wilko store in n Kingston upon Thames, England
    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      UK retail industry
      Wilko warns it could run out of cash if sales deteriorate

      Value chain plans for ‘plausible’ scenario as inflation and spending squeeze bite

      Shoppers pass a branch of Wilko in Slough
    • Monday, 14 March, 2022
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Wilko pulls guidance telling staff in England to work with Covid

      Retailer apologises after policy criticised as ‘reckless’ at time cases and hospital admissions are climbing

      Guidance differs across Wilko stores in Wales and Scotland, where self-isolation rules remain in force
    • Friday, 11 August, 2017
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Wilko looks at cutting 3,900 jobs

      UK retailer blames rising wage and import costs after Brexit vote

      Wilko said in July that profit for 2016 fell 80% year on year to £5.2m
    • Friday, 27 May, 2016
      UK retail results
      Smaller UK retailers braced for BHS fallout

      Several chains could be hit by drop in footfall if retailer goes under

      LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 25: A woman walks out of the British Home Stores on Oxford Street with bags of shopping on April 25, 2016 in London, England. High street retailer British Home Stores (BHS) is filing for administration today, threatening almost 11,000 jobs. BHS currently has 164 stores across the UK since it opened its first store in Brixton, London in 1928. (Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
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