Tagged: Westgate Department Stores

BHS (former Woolworths), Middleton Grange, Hartlepool (7 Mar 2012). Photograph by Graham Soult

Property / Shopping Centres / Woolworths

October 12, 2016

Exclusive: Hartlepool’s Middleton Grange secures B&M to fill empty BHS spot

Value retailer B&M is taking over the prominent 24,000 sq ft ex-BHS in Hartlepool’s Middleton Grange shopping centre, with jobs being advertised from today.

Former Woolworths (now Boyes), Bishop Auckland (19 Nov 2013). Photograph by Graham Soult

Property / Variety Stores / Woolworths

November 26, 2013

Five years on from Woolies’ collapse, Boyes signs for the Coalville store

It’s hard to believe that it’s five years ago today – on 26 November 2008 – that Woolworths collapsed into administration after trading in the...

Lincolnshire Co-op website (30 Jan 2013). Photograph by Graham Soult

Co-operatives / Department Stores / Home and DIY / Property / Retail History

January 30, 2013

Now Lincolnshire Co-op is to exit non-food – but a “bright future” under new ownership is promised

Just one week after Midlands Co-op announced the closure of its department stores, Lincolnshire Co-op has revealed that it too is to exit non-food.

Co-op department store, Derby (10 Nov 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Co-operatives / Department Stores / Merchandising / Property / Retail History

January 21, 2013

As eight Midlands Co-op department stores face closure, what might the future hold?

Midlands Co-op has become the latest co-operative society to exit non-food, with its announcement today that eight Fashion & Home department stores are to close within...

Grays Inn Road entrance to former High Holborn Woolworths (5 Apr 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Property / Retail History / Woolworths

April 9, 2011

Long-lost London Woolies in High Holborn and Tottenham Court Road

As you would expect, I used my spare time while in London recently to track down some more of those long-gone Central London Woolworths sites.

Filming with the BBC's Chris Jackson in Stockton High Street (22 Nov 2010)

Personal / Property / Regeneration / Shopping Centres

December 6, 2010

Why does Stockton have so many empty shops? BBC1 tonight at 7.30 might have some answers…

Those of you in the North East and Cumbria (or anywhere else with access to Freesat), may be interested in watching BBC1 at 7.30 pm tonight (Monday...

Boyes fascia. Photograph by Graham Soult

Property / Variety Stores / Woolworths

November 8, 2010

Bishop Auckland Boyes to open doors on 19 November

Boyes, the Scarborough-based variety retailer, has revealed that its latest store – in Bishop Auckland’s old Woolies premises – will open for business on Friday 19...