VIRGIN Media has axed its 53 UK shops saying branches will not reopen after lockdown.
The shops first closed resulting from coronavirus again in March however the telecoms agency says it will not reopen them as soon as restrictions are lifted.
Virgin Media will not reopen its 53 excessive avenue outlets after lockdownCredit score: AFP or licensors
Virgin Media blames fewer clients visiting branches for the choice, and provides that almost all of gross sales and buyer enquiries now happen on-line or over the cellphone.
The model’s 341 store employees, who have not been furloughed, can be supplied first refusal of at the very least 300 newly created at-home customer support roles, in addition to having the ability to apply for 50 discipline gross sales advisor roles throughout the UK.
Virgin Media says these new everlasting roles are at comparable pay ranges to buy flooring employees. However the place employees do not get the newly created roles or don’t need them, they are going to be made redundant.
See the field beneath for a full checklist of all 53 outlets closing.
The Virgin Media shops closing down
HERE’S a listing of all 53 Virgin Media shops being closed.
- Barking
- Bedford
- Belfast
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Bolton
- Bootle
- Bradford
- Bristol
- Burnley
- Cambridge
- Cardiff
- Coventry
- Croydon
- Derby
- Doncaster
- Dundee Wellgate
- Edinburgh – Hanover
- Edmonton Inexperienced
- Glasgow
- Hanley
- Harrow St Anns
- Hounslow
- Ilford
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Leicester – Haymarket
- Lewisham
- Liverpool
- Luton
- Merry Hill
- Middlesbrough x2
- Newcastle
- Northampton
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oldham
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Portsmouth
- Preston
- Studying
- Solihull
- Southampton
- St Helens
- Stockport
- Sutton
- Swansea
- Telford
- Walthamstow
- Wimbledon
- Wolverhampton Wulfrun
- Wooden Inexperienced
The federal government has gradually lifted lockdown restrictions over the previous few weeks with non-essential retailers allowed to reopen from June 15.
However Virgin Media’s retail chain has develop into the newest casualty on the excessive avenue, with Laura Ashley, Cath Kidston, and Oasis and Warehouse additionally all shutting their doorways for good throughout lockdown.
The Centre for Retail Analysis (CRR) predicts 20,000 shops will close this year alone, with coronavirus performing as a “hammer blow towards the sector”.
Rob Orr, government director for gross sales at Virgin Media, mentioned: “We’re targeted on delivering the service clients need, within the methods they need it and at a time and a spot that fits them.”
