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Cable broadband ISP Virgin Media<\/a> recently confirmed that it intends to close 25 of its stores and kiosks across the United Kingdom, which will put around 110 jobs at risk. Once completed the move will leave around 53 stores and kiosks open across the country but staff fear that more may follow.<\/p>\n

It’s certainly not the first time we’ve had to report on possible store closures (here<\/a>). The latest round of closures is expected to start in March and run through April 2020.<\/p>\n

As usual the main reason for shifting outlets away from the high street tends to be because they don’t generate enough of a return in terms of value (outside of Project Lighting areas, Virgin Media<\/a> has recently been struggling to grow their customer base).<\/p>\n

A Spokesman for Virgin Media<\/a> said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We are now consulting with our people and are supporting employees impacted by the proposal, including identifying opportunities to move to new roles within Virgin Media.<\/p>\n

Our proposal will see us retain 53 retail outlets across the UK from which we can continue to serve our customers and we\u2019re focused on making those stores a fantastic place for our customers to engage with our sales teams and to experience first-hand our amazing products and services.<\/p>\n

This is happening alongside investment in our online sales and customer service channels.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

List of Store and Kiosk Closures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Blackburn (store)<\/p>\n

Blackpool (store)<\/p>\n

Bournemouth (store)<\/p>\n

Brighton (store)<\/p>\n

Chatham (store)<\/p>\n

Exeter (store)<\/p>\n

Falkirk (store)<\/p>\n

Gloucester (store)<\/p>\n

Grimsby (store)<\/p>\n

Harlow (store)<\/p>\n

Huddersfield (store)<\/p>\n

Leeds St Johns (store)<\/p>\n

Maidstone (store)<\/p>\n

Nottingham Victoria (store)<\/p>\n

Swindon (store)<\/p>\n

Wigan (store)<\/p>\n

Worthing (store)<\/p>\n

Dalston (kiosk)<\/p>\n

Ealing (kiosk)<\/p>\n

Edgware (kiosk)<\/p>\n

Grays (kiosk)<\/p>\n

Lincoln (kiosk)<\/p>\n

Romford (kiosk)<\/p>\n

Stoke (kiosk)<\/p>\n

Walsall (kiosk)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apologies for neglecting to cover this story at the end of last week, it slipped under our radar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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