Overview

• The chain begins a two‑day closure programme, shutting 14 stores today and 16 more on Thursday, reducing the estate to about 85 shops.
• Interpath says roughly 235 staff at the affected branches will be made redundant, with support for claims through the Redundancy Payments Service.
• Administrators attribute the cuts to stock shortages and the costs of operating high‑street sites, saying it is not viable to keep all retained stores open.
• Sites named for closure include locations in Greater Manchester (Bolton, Salford, Hyde, Rochdale), Hull, Shrewsbury and Scottish towns such as Greenock and Dunfermline.
• Interpath continues to market the business for a potential sale after an initial round earlier this month closed 32 stores and cut about 450 jobs.