The Latest Breaking News from Wilko

Pharmacies, banks and pubs retreat from town and city centres knocked by failure of Wilko last year

Another High Street store could be set to close its doors, here's which ones are affected

Tech giants including X (then known as Twitter) and Facebook owner Meta announced thousands of job cuts globally in 2022 and 2023, as did other firms like entertainment company Disney, consultancy firm KPMG and phone company Vodafone. And let’s not forget those making redundancies as a result of company collapses…

Commons committee says money should be recovered from founding family ‘so pensioners are not short-changed’

Why should a holding company be able to insulate itself when employees’ pensions are being hit?

Tina Davies has not found another job since the Broadstairs branch closed and is considering early retirement

Former Wilko chairwoman Lisa Wilkinson has apologised for the loss of more than 12,000 jobs after the retailer entered administration in August…

Lisa Wilkinson says her family’s multimillion-pound fortune was not enough to save the chain

Retailer’s suppliers did not think of 12,000-plus jobs that could have been saved, claims Doug Putman

Business and Trade Committee hear apology from Wilko chair over retailer’s collapse, while auditors defend their handling of Wilko’s accounts

When British discount retailer Wilko shut its remaining 68 stores in October 2023, people mourned what they took these closures to signal: the demise of the high street.