Wilko will shut its final 41 shops today (October 8) as the historic retailer departs high streets across the UK - and six stores in the North East and North Yorkshire are set to roll down their shutters for the final time.
The retailer has been shutting shops across the country in recent weeks after failing to secure a rescue deal for the full business.
It will shut its last remaining group of stores at the end of the day’s trading.
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Wilko entered administration in August leaving all 400 of its stores and 12,500 employees at risk.
Administrators at PwC were forced to sell off Wilko’s assets after rescue deals for the full business fell through.
Some Wilko stores have been saved with fellow high-street retailers agreeing deals with administrators.
Read more: Final Wilko stores to close on Sunday - see the 41 locations
Here is the full list of shops set to close in the North East this weekend:
- Middlesbrough, Teesside
- Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
- Silverlink, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
- Scarborough, North Yorkshire
- Selby, North Yorkshire
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