The Arnold branch has reopened as B&M, with the Kimberley and Worksop branches becoming Poundland stores
Two-thirds of Nottinghamshire Wilko staff made redundant after the retailer collapsed are now back in work. Three local premises have also reopened as other businesses, while interest is being shown in another four.
Since then, 68 per cent of staff looking to return to the workforce have secured new jobs, according to a report by Nottinghamshire County Council. Local jobs fairs were organised to quickly get people back into work, with the authority signposting jobseekers to new opportunities or training.District and borough councils have also worked with the private sector to attract new businesses into the vacant stores on Nottinghamshire’s high streets.
The store on Lower Parliament Street in Nottingham also remains closed. The headquarters and large distribution centre in Worksop was taken over by DHL in December, with the majority of staff re-employed there. The former chair of Wilko told a committee of MPs shortly after that she was “devastated” by the collapse, which cost around 12,000 jobs nationwide. Lisa Wilkinson, granddaughter of the founder James Wilkinson, said executives had let staff down.
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