more store closures and job cuts ahead in uk?

Homebase was bought out by Bunnings late last year or very early this year. There could well be re-employment of staff in stores re-opening as Bunnings.

HOUSE OF FRASER OWE 1£BILLION TO SUPPLIERS ETC

HOMEBASE ,90% OF BRANCHES IN THE RED,NOT SURE IF HAVE GOT THAT RIGHT.
BUY WHILE THEY ARE STILL AROUND.

WONGA IS IN ADMINISTRATION

Badboy wrote:WONGA IS IN ADMINISTRATION

They should be in gaol not in administration, Badboy.. They are responsible for ruining many families with their draconian interest rates and even continued after being told that they were overcharging.

42 HOMEBASE STORES HAVE BEEN SAVED

DEBENHAMS AT WEEKEND SAID TO BE IN TROUBLE.
EVERY WEEK IT SEEMS ANOTHER HIGH STREET STORE IS IN TROUBLE.

I really think that all the buying online has to make a problem for some stores.Ammazon does well I think . my sons buy frequently on line .joyce1938

I READ ON TWITTER VIA A NY TIMES LINK THAT IN ONE GERMAN TOWN THAT A BOOKSHOP DECEIDED TO HOST A BAKER AND A BUTCHER WHICH KEPT THOSE SERVICES ALIVE,
MAYBE BANKS COULD DO SOMETHING SIMILIAR,A CAFE-TYPE SETUP,PEOPLE COME IN AND DISCUSS BANKING ETC.
MAYBE THIS IS THE FUTURE, SHOPS OFFERING SEVERAL SERVICES ALL AT ONCE.

Don't put any ideas in Corbyn's head Badboy, he'll plan to have a Mortician's Parlour next door to every GPs surgery for easy access to the wrinkly pensioners and chronically unwell.

PATISSERIE VALERIE AND COAST ARE IN TROUBLE.

SEARS HAS COLLAPSED,I HAVE FORGOTTEN BUT THERE IS A FIRM WHICH HAS ISSUED A PROFIT WARNING.

ONE THING THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTING COMPANY PROFITS ARE THINGS LIKE ONE HIGH STREET WOULDN'T TAKE AN TRANSACTION ABOVE £100 BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE FRAUD,HEAD OFFICE ORDERS SO I PAID £10,THEN REST ON CARD.
FRAUDSTER ARE AFFECTING THE HIGH STREET

14 HIGH STREET SHOPS ARE CLOSING EVERY DAY,SO A REPORT HAS SAID,BLAMING PEOPLE ENTERTAINING FRIENDS AND FAMILY AT HOME INSTEAF DINING OUT,USUAL EVERYONE GOING ONLINE AND HIGH BUSINESS RATES.

THE GROUP OWNING I NEWPAPER,SCOTSMAN AND YORKSHIREMAN? ARE IN TROUBLE.
THOMAS COOK PROFITS ARE DOWN TO 230MILLION

All printed news media concerns are in trouble Badboy, They have had a hard time since TV and the internet could give individual's access to instant status reports anywhere in the world.
They make out that £230 million profits (what's left after all debts, taxes and company wages are paid) sound to be a terrible year for the company. My heart bleeds for them, they probably claim more in expenses for a week than real working people are paid for a year.

2 energy companies are in trouble extra/spark
saw a list of energy companies that had gone under on moneywise email, one only had 80 customer.

I expect a genuine audit by real accountants would show them to be a lot more viable than first thought.

PRIMARK HAVE ISSUED A PROFIT WARNING.
ANOTHER HIGH STREET NAME,FORGOTTEN WHOM MENTIONED ON MSN HAS GONE BANKRUPT.
BLACK FRIDAY WAS A DISASTER FOR SHOPS AS MANY WENT ONLINE TO DO SHOPPING.

CORRECTION;IT WAS ONE SELECT ,AN ENERGY COMPANY THAT HAS GONE BANKRUPT.
WONDER WHICH COMPANIES WILL GO BANKRUPT AFTER CHRISTMAS.

DIXON CARPHONE WAREHOUSE HAVE LOSED 440MILLION POUNDS

SATURDAY'S FOOTFALL ON THE HIGH STREET WAS DOWN 7.3% ON LAST YEAR WITH FREEZING RAIN NOT HELPING ETC.
ANOTHER FIRM,THINK IT WAS ASOS HAVE REPORTED A DROP IN PROFITS.
BREXIT SAID TO BE AFFECTING CONSUMERS CONFIDENCE.

Badboy wrote:SATURDAY'S FOOTFALL ON THE HIGH STREET WAS DOWN 7.3% ON LAST YEAR WITH FREEZING RAIN NOT HELPING ETC.
ANOTHER FIRM,THINK IT WAS ASOS HAVE REPORTED  A DROP IN PROFITS.
BREXIT SAID TO BE AFFECTING CONSUMERS CONFIDENCE.

They blame Brexit for causing or affecting everything up to and including The Chernobyl Disaster, Badboy...

blur inc is in trouble, may disappear from high street

HMV ARE IN TROUBLE AGAIN,GONE INTO ADMINISTRATION,I GAVE A HMV GIFT VOUCHER TO SOMEONE,BETTER HAVE SPEND IT.
DVD SALES HAVE FALLEN 30% ON LAS YEAR OR SOMETHING,CARERS SAYS THEY ALL DO IT ONLINE/DOWNLOAD THAT IS/SKY ETC ETC, NO NEED TO BUY IN SHOPS.