Huddersfield
This coverage focuses on retail developments and economic shifts in Huddersfield, highlighting the town’s evolving commercial landscape. Reporting includes updates on store openings and closures, shopping centre activities, and regional consumer behaviour. Analysis provides insights into how retailers are adapting to local economic conditions, footfall patterns, and property dynamics — offering valuable information for managers, executives, and operators planning or managing retail operations in Huddersfield and the surrounding areas.
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Sep- 2018 -25 SeptemberDepartment Stores
Three further House of Fraser stores to shutter due to ‘greedy landlords’
House of Fraser has announced it is to close three further stores in Hull, Edinburgh and Swindon, with new owner Mike Ashley saying he was unable to agree terms with “greedy landlords”. The retailer is currently in consultation with staff at the affected stores, and said its Bath store was…
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Jul- 2018 -13 JulyHigh Street
Poundworld to shutter a further 80 stores
The administrators of Poundworld, Deloitte, have announced a further 80 store closures, in addition to the closure of 25 stores announced on 10 July 2018. The shuttering of these 80 stores will be phased from Friday 20 July to Sunday 22 July, reducing the number of open stores to 230.…
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Apr- 2018 -23 AprilGovernment
Shop that sold illegal tobacco ‘wants its licence back’
A shop that was banned from selling tobacco and alcohol is reapplying for a new licence, it has been reported. Owner Nzar Jabar Kadir’s bid has been opposed by local authorities who cite a massive hive of criminal activity around the shop and fear that allowing it to sell alcohol…
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Jan- 2018 -4 JanuaryUncategorized
Poundstretcher fined £1m for Health & Safety Breaches
Poundstretcher has been fined £1m for violating health and safety regulations at three of its stores. Following three separate investigations, Poundstretcher in Trident Business Park, Leeds Road, Huddersfield, was convicted for a series of breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The counts, which included…
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