UK

Ted Baker: Locations of 15 stores set for closure

It will shut the first 11 stores by the end of next week, administrators said.

Ted Baker will shut 15 of its UK stores
Ted Baker shop sign Ted Baker will shut 15 of its UK stores (Nicholas.T.Ansell/PA)
By Henry Saker-Clark, PA Deputy Business Editor

Administrators for Ted Baker’s stricken UK retail business have announced plans to shut 15 shops.

Almost 250 jobs are set to be axed as a result of the closures and cuts to the fashion brand’s head office.

The administrators said 11 Ted Baker stores will be shut by April 19.

Eleven Ted Baker stores will be shut by April 19
Ted Baker clothing brand Eleven Ted Baker stores will be shut by April 19 (Alamy Stock Photo)

This will affect the following stores:

– Birmingham Bullring

– Bristol

– Bromley

– Cambridge

– Exeter

– Leeds

– Liverpool One

– London Bridge

– Milton Keynes

– Nottingham

– Oxford

Almost 250 jobs are set to be axed
Ted Baker clothing store Almost 250 jobs are set to be axed (Alamy Stock Photo)

The administrators also revealed four further stores will close after landlords served notice on the sites prior to the insolvency.

This will affect the following stores:

– Bicester

– London Brompton Road

– London Floral Street

– Manchester Trafford

These stores will shut “in the coming weeks” and result in another 100 job losses.