The garden centre chain is beginning a restructuring process which will affect more than 460 staff.
Garden centre group Dobbies has revealed plans to shut 17 stores before the end of the year, in a move which will hit 465 jobs.
Among those affected by the closures are the Gloucester, Altrincham, Gosforth, King's Lynn, Pennine and Stratford-upon-Avon garden centres. The garden centre chain fell to a £105.2 million pre-tax loss in the year leading up to March 2023, against a £7 million loss a year prior. In a statement, Dobbies said the closures would "secure its long-term future and allow access to future investment".
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