Read This Dobbies garden centres closing stores across UK in bid to cut costs By Jamie Jones Editor Comment Published 1st Oct 2024, 17:21 BST Updated 1st Oct 2024, 17:22 BST Dobbies garden centre closing stores across UK in bid to cut costs. | Getty Images Cost cutting measures will see the closure of several Dobbies Garden centres across the UK. Garden centre chain Dobbies has revealed it is to close 17 stores in a bid to cut costs.
The gardening chain, said "unprofitable" locations would shut in a bid to "address historically uneconomical rent costs", with the loss of more than 450 jobs. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Closures would be made up of 11 garden centres, including the former Blooms outlet near Gloucester, in Reading, and at Stratford-on-Avon, as well as six Little Dobbies stores, including in Cheltenham and Richmond. The company said the move would affect 465 out of its 3,600 employees.
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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. The closures would leave Dobbies with around 60 garden centres across the country, with nine sites also earmarked for negotiations.
