A union representing thousands of Wilko staff has said there has been “some interest” from potential buyers to snap up the collapsed retailer’s warehouses.
“We have been working with several associations with a view of finding potential buyers for the warehouses in the hope that they will re-employ many of you,” the union said in a bulletin to affected staff. Earlier this week, administrators from PwC said there would be 299 redundancies across two warehouse sites in Worksop and Newark. It adds to 269 support staff at the Worksop site being made redundant following an announcement last week.
Meanwhile, rival retailer B&M swooped in to buy 51 Wilko stores, but the future of the approximately 1,000 staff working across them hangs in the balance. GMB also criticised previous management of the beleaguered chain for failing to rescue the business and protect jobs.