LONDON (Reuters) - Administrators of British homeware and household goods discount retailer Wilko plan to lay off over 1,300 jobs at the collapsed chain, PwC said on Tuesday.
PwC said in a statement that 52 stores would be closed, resulting in 1,016 job cuts, while a further 299 redundancies would be made at two distribution centres.
Discount retailer B&M said earlier in the day that it would buy 51 stores of Wilko, which entered into administration last month after failing to secure emergency funding.