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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

‘Really horrendous’: former worker describes impact of Wilko’s demise

The closed Wilko store in Barking, east London
Tina Davies said it was ‘an absolute disgrace’ that it had taken so long for the former Wilko chair Lisa Wilkinson to say sorry. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Tina Davies, who worked in the Broadstairs branch of Wilko since it opened in 2015, said staff were devastated when the company collapsed and the store closed in September this year.

“The run-up to it all closing down was horrendous,” she said. “We were devastated.”

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