Store closures alert: Aldi, WHSmith, Costa and more to leave UK high streets this week - full list here

Multiple high street retailers and food chains will be leaving the high street this coming week as store closures continue to be an issue for the UK economy.In 2025, more than 17,000 stores are set to close for good as businesses face a higher tax burden following the policies implemented by Chancellor Rachel Reeves after her Autumn Budget.These figures from the Centre for Retail Research suggest that the "worse is yet to come" after it reported that 13,479 shop doors shut down one last time in 2024, a 28 per cent increase from the year before.Do you have a money story you’d like to share? Get in touch by emailing money@gbnews.uk.Here is a full list of the major retailers and food chains shutting down stores and locations for the week beginning May 28, 2025:WHSmithAldi Costa CoffeeOxfamBimbiJoJo Maman Bébé.WHSmithThe popular convenience store chain has confirmed two of its sites will be given the axe in the days ahead. These include:Newport, WalesHaverhill, Suffolk.The majority of WHSmith stores are set to be rebranded to TGJones as part of the business's looming restructuring plan.OxfamOn April 26, the charity will shut down its Ludlow location as part of its downsizing efforts on the high street.JoJo Maman BebeNext week, the boutique baby and mother brand will close down its Haywards Heath location.BimbiJoining these retailers, Bimbi has confirmed its Bury St Edmunds location is earmarked for closure. AldiToday (April 27) is the last day shoppers in Llanelli will be able to shop locally as the Swanfield Place will be closing its doors.Residents will now need to travel to the Trostre Road branch, which is nearly 1.5 miles away.LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:Store closures update: Hobbycraft to shut down multiple sites this year - full listPoundland set to close three more stores in weeks in major blow to high street - full listStore closures update: Iceland confirms major closure news in blow to UK high streetsCosta Coffee One of the country's biggest coffee chains is axing its Lyme Regis location on May 1, 2025.Retailers have blamed the Chancellor's National Insurance hike on the state of closures, with the rate of employers' contributions rising to 15 per cent.Based on figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the retail sector is facing an additional £70billion added to its tax bill.Professor Joshua Bamfield, the research director at The Centre for Retail Research, said: "The results for 2024 show that although the outcomes for store closures overall were not as poor as in either 2020 or 2022, they are still disconcerting, with worse set to come in 2025."

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Store closures alert: Aldi, WHSmith, Costa and more to leave UK high streets this week - full list here

Multiple high street retailers and food chains will be leaving the high street this coming week as store closures continue to be an issue for the UK economy.

In 2025, more than 17,000 stores are set to close for good as businesses face a higher tax burden following the policies implemented by Chancellor Rachel Reeves after her Autumn Budget.


These figures from the Centre for Retail Research suggest that the "worse is yet to come" after it reported that 13,479 shop doors shut down one last time in 2024, a 28 per cent increase from the year before.

Do you have a money story you’d like to share? Get in touch by emailing money@gbnews.uk.


Aldi, Costa and WHSmith


Here is a full list of the major retailers and food chains shutting down stores and locations for the week beginning May 28, 2025:

  • WHSmith
  • Aldi
  • Costa Coffee
  • Oxfam
  • Bimbi
  • JoJo Maman Bébé.
WHSmith

The popular convenience store chain has confirmed two of its sites will be given the axe in the days ahead. These include:

  • Newport, Wales
  • Haverhill, Suffolk.


The majority of WHSmith stores are set to be rebranded to TGJones as part of the business's looming restructuring plan.

Oxfam

On April 26, the charity will shut down its Ludlow location as part of its downsizing efforts on the high street.

JoJo Maman Bebe

Next week, the boutique baby and mother brand will close down its Haywards Heath location.

Bimbi

Joining these retailers, Bimbi has confirmed its Bury St Edmunds location is earmarked for closure.



Aldi

Today (April 27) is the last day shoppers in Llanelli will be able to shop locally as the Swanfield Place will be closing its doors.

Residents will now need to travel to the Trostre Road branch, which is nearly 1.5 miles away.

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Costa Coffee

One of the country's biggest coffee chains is axing its Lyme Regis location on May 1, 2025.

Retailers have blamed the Chancellor's National Insurance hike on the state of closures, with the rate of employers' contributions rising to 15 per cent.

Based on figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the retail sector is facing an additional £70billion added to its tax bill.

Professor Joshua Bamfield, the research director at The Centre for Retail Research, said: "The results for 2024 show that although the outcomes for store closures overall were not as poor as in either 2020 or 2022, they are still disconcerting, with worse set to come in 2025."

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