SHOPPERS have stressed "something needs to be done" after finding out a discounter with 850 UK branches is set to close one of its stores. Poundland is gearing up to pull down the shutters on its site inside the Lyme Green Retail Park in south Macclesfield. It comes after the retailer were unable to secure a lease agreement to allow the store to continue trading.
A Poundland spokesperson said on the closure: "We know that's disappointing for customers and colleagues alike and we will do everything we can to look after colleagues. "Thank you to our customers in Macclesfield for their support." They also confirmed the store is due to close on 23 August.
read more in money Shoppers took to Facebook to express their devastation on the popular shop's closure. One commented: "I feel sorry for the staff, lovely bunch of people. I hope they all find jobs soon.
" Another said: "Always enjoyed shopping here, it's not too large and they don't move their stock about so I know where everything is. "Prices are more than competitive plus the staff are really friendly and helpful, I'm sorry they're losing their jobs and wish them all well." Most read in Money And a frustrated local said: "Absolute joke!" The Macclesfield closure is not the first announced by Poundland in recent months.
The discounter pulled down the shutters on a store in Altrincham, Greater Manchester , just last month, after taking it on from failed chain Wilko last year. Poundland bought 71 ex- Wilko stores when the retail.