Poundland temporarily close 100 stores amid coronavirus impact
Poundland is temporarily closing 100 shops in response to the coronavirus crisis.
Around 250 central staff at its Willenhall head office and offices in Watford will also be asked to agree to a furlough.
Poundland described the step as "temporary hibernation" and said they were largely in places where it had two stores close to each other or in a shopping centre that found it difficult to stay open just for the chain.
Among the first 32 to close this week will stores in the Saddlers Centre, Walsall, in Cross Street, Oswestry, Sutton Coldfield and Corporation Street, in Birmingham city centre.
In a statement the firm said: “Hibernation will allow us to focus colleagues in a slightly smaller number of locations, provide better service to communities in consolidated stores as some colleagues transfer nearby and fill the gaps caused by other colleagues who are currently in self isolation.
