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Article: M&S axes 37 jobs here as Newtownards store closure is announced
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- January 8, 2009
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ICONIC retailer Marks & Spencer yesterday became another casualty
of the economic gloom which is spreading throughout the UK High
Street after revealing it is set to axe more than 1,000 jobs.
The retail giant said 1,230 jobs across UK stores - including 37
in Northern Ireland - will go after it unveiled its worst sales
figures for almost a decade.
Of the stores to close, 25 are under-performing Simply Food
outlets, and two are small main chain stores selling both food and
clothes.
A list of the 27 branches set to be axed was released yesterday.
The Newtownards Simply Food store, based in Ards Shopping Centre,
is the only store in the province to be earmarked for closure at
this time.
The ...