TJH-1  05/08

The TJ Hughes store in Weston Super Mare/Boscombe in Bournemouth is to close with the loss of 57/50 jobs

Administrators have announced 22 of the company's stores will close across the country.

Week Sunday will be the last trading day for the store - closing down sales are starting immediately.

Employees dealing with the closure of the shops are being offere support and help to find alternative employment.

say the last day

On Thursday 4 August 2011, the Joint Administratorsfor TJ Hughes announced dates for the last day of trading for 22 of theGroup's stores. Closing down sales will commence immediately for all ofthese stores, with significant discounts on normal retail prices.

Following the sale of stores announced earlierthis week, the Joint Administrators continue to seek a sale of the Company'sremaining business and assets as a going concern, whilst also trading stockthrough the whole of the Group's store portfolio.  Promotional activityis continuing in all TJ Hughes stores, with new stock being introducedfrom a variety of sources.

Employees affected by these closures are beingoffered appropriate support and advice throughout the redundancy processand Jobcentre Plus representatives are providing support to help find futureemployment.

Tom Jack, Joint Administrator, said, “Itis regrettable that we have had to schedule these store closures and weare extremely grateful to the employees and management at all the Group'sstores, at the head office and at warehouses for their loyalty and supportduring what has been a very difficult and uncertain time."

“We continue in negotiations with a numberof interested parties for a large number of the remaining stores in theGroup's portfolio, and we are keen to stress that those stores unaffectedby these closures will continue to trade for the time being, with new stocklines being added.”

Ends

Store closures



Locations


Employees


Last day trading 



Shrewsbury


36


10/08/11



Birkenhead 


66


11/08/11



Dumfries


34


11/08/11



Dundee


41


11/08/11



Rochdale


40


11/08/11



Widnes


62


11/08/11



Wolverhampton


79


11/08/11



Stretford


37


13/08/11



Bolton


49


14/08/11



Boscombe


50


14/08/11



Burnley


44


14/08/11



Chester


36


14/08/11



Crawley


61


14/08/11



Hull


51


14/08/11



Kettering


42


14/08/11



Kidderminster


37


14/08/11



Macclesfield


49


14/08/11



Nuneaton


45


14/08/11



St Helens


50


14/08/11



Walsall


41


14/08/11



Watford


54


14/08/11



Weston-S-M


57


14/08/11



Total Employees = 1061







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