An extra 1,332 redundancies have been confirmed at Wilko by directors.
Administrators for Wilko has confirmed they’ll make greater than 1,000 staff redundant and shut 52 shops, the GMB Union has mentioned.
Workers will likely be knowledgeable on the latest by 10am on Wednesday.
GMB mentioned that 24 of the websites will shut on Tuesday, September 12 whereas the remaining 28 will shut two days later, resulting in 1,016 redundancies.
More Wilko workers to be made redundant
The job losses additionally embrace 299 on the firm’s two warehouses with staff being invited to a gathering on Wednesday after which they are going to be allowed to go home, GMB mentioned.
There will likely be an additional 17 redundancies amongst Wilko‘s digital crew at its assist centre.
The GMB mentioned that PwC remains to be working with a bidder for Wilko “who has made an offer for a significant part of business”.
It added: “Whilst there remains a possibility that this fails to deliver, we are working extremely hard and doing everything we can to help it over the line.”
The union additionally indicated that staff on the 51 outlets that B&M mentioned earlier on Tuesday that it had purchased is not going to switch robotically to the brand new proprietor.
“Accepting that all details, including even the number of stores involved, are covered by confidentiality agreements, we can say that any such bid would appear to be for store premises only. This would mean that whilst new brands may open on site, workers would not transfer to these,” it mentioned.
The union added: “We are making inquiries about the possibility of current staff being given preferential treatment in applying for any jobs that may appear, but at time of writing we cannot confirm these will apply.”
Edward Williams, joint administrator at PwC, mentioned: “In the absence of viable offers for the whole business, very sadly store closures and redundancies of team members from those stores are now necessary, in addition to the already announced redundancies at the support centre and distribution centres.
“We know this has been a deeply unsettling time for everyone concerned and would like to express our gratitude to all Wilko team members for the dedication and support they have continued to give the business in the most trying of circumstances.”
