Job losses likely at Allders

More job losses are in store for troubled retailer Allders.The administrator of the department group is understood to have confirmed the closure of four more branches to employees of the collapsed retailer.

The Allders stores at Basingstoke, Camberley, Watford, and Southampton are to close after administrator Kroll was unable to find buyers. The stores were not on the list of ten for which Kroll said it had received limited interest after inviting bids for all or part of the chain, with the closures likely to generate more redundancies. Kroll has already confirmed the closure of the Allders store in Nottingham, on March 24.

So far, the sale of 24 of the 45 stores have been announced, with Bhs acquiring 10, Debenhams eight, and Primark six.