The troubled budget retailer Wilko is calling in administrators, putting more than 12,000 jobs at risk after it failed to agree a rescue deal.
The chain is the largest retailer to collapse into administration since the convenience-store business McColl’s, which employed about 16,000 people, just over a year ago. McColl’s was rescued by the supermarket Morrisons.
The family-owned household and garden products retailer, which has about 400 stores, is expected to have to close dozens of outlets, leaving big gaps on high streets after weeks of talks with interested parties.
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