Dobbies announces mass closure of 17 UK sites including Huddersfield, putting 465 jobs at risk
Published 1st Oct 2024, 13:54 BST
Updated 1st Oct 2024, 15:17 BST
Dobbies plans to close its Huddersfield garden centre as the company announced 17 sites across the UK, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
Dobbies has said it plans to shut 17 of the garden centre group’s sites by the end of the year.
The move, which is part of a wider restructuring, will have the company shut 11 larger sites and six Little Dobbies stores.
It has been reported 465 of its roughly 3,600 workers will be affected by the planned closures.
One of the stores included in the mass closure is the Dobbies Garden Centre Pennine, in Huddersfield.
Other larger store closures include; Altrincham, Greater Manchester, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
Smaller stores included in the closure are in Greater London, Gloucestershire, Bristol and Edinburgh.