Full list of shops and chains closing down – is your high street favourite gone for good?

HUNDREDS of shops and major chains are closing down this year.

Retailers are feeling the pinch due to high inflation, which was sitting at 10.1% in January.

Hundreds of high street stores are closing their doors forever this yearCredit: Getty

High inflation causes a squeeze on people’s incomes – meaning many are forced to shop less.

Although prices are down from December’s rate of 10.5%, it’s still five times higher than the Bank of England’s target of two per cent.

Combined with high energy costs and a shift to shopping online after the pandemic – many high street shops have struggled to keep open.

Energy and fuel costs have all been hit by a pandemic hangover, the war in Ukraine and a shortage of essential workers which has put immense pressure on businesses.

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Here’s a full list of retailers affected by soaring costs.

Boots

Boots has confirmed it will be closing three stores in the UK this spring.

The stores are located in:

Salford Shopping Centre, Greater Manchester – shutting February (no specific date confirmed)
Church Street, Malvern – shutting March 11
The Port Arcades Shopping Centre, Ellesmere – shutting March 11

Boots has confirmed these closures were pre-planned and no other branches are known to be shutting.

The chain has over 2,200 stores across the UK.

B&Q

B&Q is set to close eight “mini-shops” located inside Asda supermarkets for good within weeks.

The stores will close for good from March 11.

The DIY retailer will look to launch smaller stores along the high street instead.

B&Q’s eight locations set to shut are:

Sheffield Drakehouse
Dagenham
Roehampton
Edmonton
Thurmaston
Great Bridge
Lancaster
Hartlepool

Homesense

Homesense, owned by TK Maxx, will also be shutting up shop in Manchester’s Arndale Shopping Centre.

The store will close on Wednesday, March 1, meaning customers wishing to visit the brand will have to venture further out of the city to the Trafford Centre.

Swansea will also lose its Homesense store currently located at Parc Fforestfach which be relocated by the end of March.

House of Fraser

House of Fraser is set to shut up shop in two more locations as it battles to keep a presence in the retail sector.

The department store will also close its Cardiff branch in the iconic Howells building after it recently launched a major clearance sale.

And now it’s understood the Birmingham department store could also be at risk.

It has turned the city-centre store into an outlet, whilst slashing the prices of all stock with messaging that reads “all stock must go.”

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These big “closing down” style events usually precede a store closure.

H&M

H&M has started closing branches across the UK as high street retail struggles.

The clothing brand’s closures include branches in Burton and Maidenhead.

It’s also confirmed another two closures will happen in Hartlepool and Isle of Wight – but it’s unclear when the shutters will close for the final time.

These closures will be permanent.