Iconic high street chain to close 10 shops with ‘everything must go’ sales launched
AN ICONIC high street chain is set to close 10 shops with “everything must go” sales launched. WHSmith will start pulling ...
Giving shops a Victorian makeover breathes new life into the high street
A pioneering scheme to return high streets to their original appearance has produced some incredible results, restoring pride ...
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Northern retail sector posts lowest closures since 2018
Across the North West, North East and Yorkshire and the Humber, there was a total of 823 net closures in 2024, close to ...
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How a heritage revival helped spark renewal on Britain’s high streets
open image in gallery Matthew Sofield, 53, owns Pen to Paper, a card shop on the high street opened by his parents 40 years ago. (ForTyldesley/Historic England Archive) After submitting his ...
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WH Smith to become latest high street giant to disappear – what are the others?
The £76m deal will see its 480 high street stores rebrand as TGJones, under the ownership of Modella Capital, which won the final stage of the auction process. While WH Smith has given up its ...
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WH Smith name to disappear from the high street after £76,000,000 sale
WHSmith has agreed to sell UK high street shops and is set for rebrand (Picture: Getty Images) One of the UK’s most recognisable high street names, WH Smith, is set to disappear from the high ...
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WH Smith to disappear from High Street as chain sold to investors
WH Smith has agreed to sell its UK high street chain to Hobbycraft owner Modella ... opening stores in airports across the Middle East, Asia, and North America. WHSmith has over 1,100 stores ...
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Giving shops a Victorian makeover breathes new life into the high street
Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England ... north-west London, built in the Victorian era. The residents of one community in Manchester said the restoration of Tyldesley High Street ...