Jessops announce store closure list

The cutback is predicted to cause the loss of some 550 jobs, and Jessops have disclosed that the changes will be made by the end of September this year.

According to Jessops PR Company Hogarth, the stores facing the axe are as follows:

Banchory        74, High St.   
Bangor  Unit 2 Bloomfield Shopping Centre, South Circular Road 
Basingstoke     2/3 Market Place       
Bedford         5 Market Hall, The Arcade      
Belfast         7 Arthur Square        
Birmingham      35 Colmore Row 
Birmingham      Unit SU521, The Bull Ring      
Blackburn       26 King William Street Blackburn S/C   
Bolton  The Banstand Middlebrook Retail Park   
Bradford        44 Kirkgate    
Brighton        154 Western Road       
Brighton        78 London Road 
Bristol         Rupert Street  
Bristol         8 St Augustines Parade 
Bromley         UML 203 The Glades Shopping Centre     
Buxton  58 Spring Gardens      
Cambridge       71 Bridge Street       
Carlisle        14/16 English Street   
Carmarthen      21 Red Street  
Cheltenham      110/112 High Street    
Chester         31 St Werburgh Street  
Coventry        21A Cross Cheaping     
Croydon         6 High Street  
Doncaster       3/4 Baxtergate 
Dublin  111 Grafton Street     
Dundee  22 Reform St   
Edinburgh - South St.   11 South St David Street       
Ellon   40 Market St   
Glasgow         U B18 Glasgow Fort     
Glasgow         240 Sauchiehall St     
Great Yarmouth  7, Market  Gate SC     
Harlow  UA3.5B The Water Gardens, Civic Centre 
Hounslow        295 High Street
Huddersfield    75 New Street  
Hull    Unit 2 The Pod, Junction Retail Park   
Ilkeston        25 Bath Street 
Inverness              
Ipswich         11 Upper Brook Street  
Kingston upon Thames    42 Fife Road   
Lancaster       5 Cheapside    
Leamington Spa  63 Regent Street       
Leeds   51/53 Wade Lane        
Leeds   26 Commercial Street   
London  Unit 1, Cannon St Station      
London  Unit 18, Gallions Reach Armada Way Beckton     
London  46 Fleet Street
London  154 Tottenham Court Road       
London  U8, 1 Poultry  
London  11 Frognall Parade, Finchley   
Luton   47 The Arndale Centre  
Maidstone       U2 45 Checkersgate     
Manchester      Manchester Fort Cheetham Hill  
Mansfield       25 Market Place
Melton Mowbray  5 Market Place 
Merry Hill      U11 PH3 Merry Hill S/C 
Milton Keynes   134 Central Arcade 68 Midsummer Blvrd  
Nairn   112, High St   
Northampton     U16B Peacock Place S/C 
Northfield      Unit 33 Grosvenor Centre       
Norwich         Unit 5, 9 Westlegate   
Norwich         3 St Stephens Street   
Nottingham      3 Cheapside    
Oswestry        3 Bailey Street
Peterborough    8 Cowgate      
Plymouth        15 Armada Ctr, 
Port Lethen     ASDA Shopping Centre   
Reading 7 Duke Street  
Rotherham       Unit 31 Retail World, Stadium Way, Parkgate    
Rugby   39 Regent Street       
Scunthorpe      Unit 70 High Street The Foundry
Solihull        Unit 37, Touchwood     
Southampton     89 Commercial Road     
Stevenage       13, Park Place 
Stockport       76/78 Princes Street   
Stourbridge     30 Rye Market Shopping Centre  
Watford         U162A The Harlequin S/C
WestBromwich    194 High St    
Windsor         24 Peascod Street      
Wolverhampton   10/11 Queen Street     
Wolverhampton   4 Central Arcade       
Worcester       30 The Cross 

Jessops has said that 47 of the shops to be closed "overlap" with shops in the same area, 31 are "loss-making", and three "subject to redevelopment". They also confirmed that six of the stores had already closed and that they had received offers on 44 others.