Wilko
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Wilko is a retail chain owned by The Range since 2023, prior to which it was owned by Wilko Limited, founded in the United Kingdom in 1930.
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'We ran out of cash, and I am sorry': Wilko boss explains chain's collapseThe former chair of collapsed retail chain Wilko has told MPs that the retailer "ran out of cash" before a turnaround plan had time to take effect.Sky News - Published | |
Five Wilko shops to reopen before ChristmasFive Wilko shops will reopen before Christmas, the new owner of part of the high street hardware chain has said.Sky News - Published | |
Last Wilko stores to close for good this weekendWilko will shut the doors on its last remaining high street stores for the final time after the chain's collapse.Sky News - Published | |
Wilko brand to live on - and some jobs saved - as rival retailer strikes dealThe brand of collapsed value retailer Wilko is to live on, it has been confirmed, and some job losses have been prevented through a deal struck by administrators.Sky News - Published | |
The Range strikes £5m deal to buy collapsed Wilko's brandThe Range, the value retail chain, has struck a deal to buy the Wilko brand from its collapsed rival's administrators.Sky News - Published | |
The Wilko stores set to become PoundlandThe owner of discount retailer Poundland will take over the lease of 71 of Wilko's 400 stores after the chain's collapse.Sky News - Published | |
Poundland snaps up 71 Wilko storesA deal has been struck for the owners of Poundland to take over the leases of up to 71 Wilko stores.Sky News - Published | |
Wilko closures begin - see if your local store shuts todayWilko will begin shutting its doors for good on Tuesday, as the high-street retailer prepares to close down.Sky News - Published | |
Further 9,100 Wilko employees to be made redundant after rescue deal collapsesA further 9,100 Wilko employees will be made redundant by early October, administrators have said.Sky News - Published | |
All Wilko stores to close with the loss of 12,500 jobs - unionAll 400 branches of collapsed retailer Wilko will close by early October with the "likely" loss of all 12,500 jobs at the chain, according to the GMB.Sky News - Published | |
More Wilko job losses loom as Putman rescue deal collapsesFears intensified on Monday morning over thousands of high street job losses at Wilko, the stricken value retailer, when a rescue deal involving the owner of HMV collapsed.Sky News - Published | |
Full list of Wilko stores to close next weekThe locations of 52 Wilko stores that will close after failing to secure a rescue deal have been revealed by administrators.Sky News - Published | |
B&M to snap up 51 Wilko stores but unclear if jobs are to be savedWilko's administrators have offloaded 51 Wilko stores to B&M but the discount retailer is yet to confirm whether workers at the sites will be retained.Sky News - Published | Another 1,300 job losses at Wilko confirmed despite B&M dealAnother 1,332 redundancies at collapsed retailer Wilko have been confirmed despite a deal to snap up more than 50 branches, the GMB union has said.Sky News - Published |
B&M swoops on 50 Wilko stores as Putman rescue deal faltersThe London-listed discount retailer B&M European Value Retail is poised to swoop on scores of Wilko stores as hopes falter of a broader rescue deal involving the HMV owner.Sky News - Published | HMV owner Putman edges closer to rescue deal for bulk of WilkoThe owner of HMV is finalising a deal to rescue the majority of Wilko's operations, salvaging more than 8,000 jobs at the stricken high street retailer.Sky News - Published |
Wilko rescue bid collapses placing jobs at riskA bid to buy the entire Wilko business has fallen through, Sky News understands.Sky News - Published | 'No job losses at Wilko' while bids considered for collapsed retailerRedundancies among Wilko's 12,500-strong workforce have been suspended while further bids for the collapsed retailer are considered, a union has said.Sky News - Published |
HMV owner seeks £50m backing for Wilko rescue bidThe owner of HMV has approached a number of debt providers to back a last-gasp rescue bid for Wilko, the ailing high street retailer.Sky News - Published | Wilko job fears deepen as Poundland owner eyes swoop on 100 storesFears for thousands of retail jobs at the ailing chain Wilko deepened on Wednesday evening when trade union officials warned that the majority of its shops were likely to close within days.Sky News - Published |
Majority of Wilko stores to close in the next week, union saysThe majority of Wilko stores are set to close in the next week after a purchase of the retailer fell through, a union has said.Sky News - Published | Around 12,000 jobs at risk as Wilko goes into administrationWilko has gone into administration - putting 12,000 jobs at risk.Sky News - Published |
Hopes fade for Wilko rescue deal as administration loomsHopes of a rescue deal for Wilko were fading on Thursday morning as it emerged that the ailing homewares retailer was heading into insolvency within hours.Sky News - Published | Gordon Brothers weighs rescue bid for ailing retailer WilkoA specialist investor in struggling retailers is exploring a bid to rescue Wilko, the ailing family-owned chain which is teetering on the brink of collapse.Sky News - Published |
12,000 jobs at risk as Wilko on brink of collapseHigh street retailer Wilko has filed a notice of intent to appoint administrators - putting around 12,000 jobs at risk.Sky News - Published | Hilco pumps in more cash to help Wilko secure path to saleThe specialist retail investor which owns Homebase has pumped millions of pounds of additional funding into Wilko to help salvage its future.Sky News - Published |
Wilko owners explore sale in race to salvage chain's futureThe family behind the value retail giant Wilko is exploring a change of ownership for the first time in a bid to salvage the chain's future.Sky News - Published | |
