Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from WH Smith

June 2025 shop closures - full list revealed

Several beloved British shops will close for good in coming weeks

Evening Standard

WH Smith once shaped the travel experience – and now it’s returning to its roots

After 124 years as a familiar fixture to generations of customers, there will no longer be a place for WH Smith on UK high streets.

The Conversation

Complete List Of Hobbycraft Stores Closing: 250 Employees In Danger Of Losing Their Jobs

Up to 27 Hobbycraft stores may close, threatening 250 jobs as the retailer battles retail challenges. Can this crafting icon survive?

International Business Times UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Beat brain rot: clear your mind with 55 screen-free activities, from birdwatching to colouring books

Feel like screen time is sapping your concentration? Take a break from the digital world this Easter with these mindful suggestions

The Guardian - UK

Tariffs more likely to bring UK price cuts than inflation, says WH Smith boss

Carl Cowling says there is ‘no logic’ in why there would be inflation as east Asian suppliers seek alternatives to the US

The Guardian - UK

WH Smith travel profits surge as company prepares to sell high street arm

The historic retailer announced last month that it is selling its high street business to a private equity firm in a £76 million deal.

Evening Standard

WH Smith growth plans in focus after sale of high street stores

Last month, WH Smith announced that Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital will buy its high street arm for around £76 million.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Patsy Ferran! Neko Health scans! Cartier tiaras! What's hot (and not) this week

What’s hot... and what’s not — keep up with Joe Bromley’s weekly barometer

Evening Standard

WH Smith growth plans in focus after sale of high street stores

Last month, WH Smith announced that Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital will buy its high street arm for around £76 million.

Evening Standard

‘WH Smith wasn’t just a workplace’: ex-staff and shoppers on the high street chain

With the brand to disappear from town and city streets, readers share their memories of how it touched their lives

The Guardian - UK

Voices: From Woolworths to WH Smith: Independent readers name the high street brands they miss the most

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: The decline of iconic high street brands like Woolworths, WH Smith, and BHS has significantly altered the landscape of our town centres

The Independent UK

Voices: As WH Smith leaves the high street, which lost chain do you miss most? Join The Independent Debate

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE : With WH Smith set to disappear from the high street, we want to know which shops you miss the most — whether it’s Woolworths, BHS, C&A, Debenhams, Blockbuster, or another favourite...

The Independent UK

Retailer WH Smith to be wiped off UK high streets soon following sale

This move comes as a fresh blow to the UK high street, which has been struggling to recover from the pandemic, witnessing a number of big name closures such as Debenhams.

Euronews

What does WH Smith’s new high street name TGJones actually mean?

New owner Modella says made-up moniker aims to evoke ‘sense of family’, but brand experts unconvinced

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

WH Smith: History of the retailer as brand exits UK high street

Historic retailer WH Smith has quit the UK high street after 233 years.

Evening Standard

What is TG Jones and why is WH Smith changing its name?

WH Smith’s name will remain the same at airport and train station branches

The Independent UK

WH Smith changes name – and shoppers think it’s terrible

Brits have hit out at the ‘entirely made up’ new moniker

The Independent UK

WH Smith high street shops to become TG Jones after £76m sale

WH Smith to disappear from the high street as all shops sold in £76m deal

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Share your memories of WH Smith

We’d like to hear your memories of the retail store and how you might be affected by its sale

The Guardian - UK

WH Smith name to disappear from high street in agreed £76m sale to Modella

Under terms of deal with Hobbycraft owner, 233-year-old brand will become TGJones

Evening Standard

WH Smith high street stores to be rebranded TG Jones after £76 million sale

WH Smith name will live on at airport and train station branches

The Guardian - UK

Wall Street slides as US consumer sentiment falls to two-year low amid tariff fears – as it happened

US stocks fall after latest consumer sentiment poll shows Americans are anxious about the state of the economy

The Independent UK

WH Smith to disappear from the high street as all shops sold in £76m deal

WH Smith will eventually be replaced by the the TG Jones brand

Evening Standard

WH Smith agrees to sell UK high street shops and is set for rebrand

The sale does not include the retailer’s travel locations, such as shops in airports and train stations, nor the WH Smith brand.

The Guardian - UK

Just two buyers left in race to buy WH Smith high street division – report

Alteri and Modella Capital are the only two parties remaining in talks, according to Sky News

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.