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Homebase Confirms Closure Of 33 Stores
Homebase has confirmed that it is to close 33 stores this month.
Staff have been told that they will be sent a letter giving them at least two weeks' notice of their effective redundancy date, and has confirmed that they will be paid their salary and any benefits for the period.
The stores which will close this month are:
- Abington
- Alnwick
- Antrim
- Barnstaple
- Basildon Vange
- Belfast
- Branksome
- Cannock
- Chester
- Chichester Discovery Park
- Craigavon
- Daventry
- Derby Kingsway
- Folkestone
- Galwally
- Gateshead
- Glenrothes
- Harlow
- Herne Bay
- Hove
- Inverurie
- Ledbury
- Lewes
- Luton
- Newcastle Under Lyme
- Norwich Hall Road
- Norwich Sprowston
- Nottingham Arnold
- Saffron Walden
- Selly Oak
- Sleaford
- Sudbury
- Waltham Cross
Three of these stores are in Northern Ireland: Antrim, Belfast and Craigavon.
Twenty further stores are understood to be at risk of closure but Teneo, the administrator for Homebase, has not given any more details on the matter.
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