Overview

• Poundland’s Selly Oak Battery Retail Park branch has closed permanently despite not appearing on the company’s published August closure lists.
• Twelve more stores are scheduled to shut on 24 August with a further 11 on 31 August, and clearance discounts of up to 75% are running at affected sites.
• The retailer plans to reduce its estate from roughly 800 to 650–700 locations, with 68 closures targeted by mid-October and extra shutdowns where leases cannot be agreed, including Nottingham’s Castle Retail Park and Whitby on 3 September.
• Online ordering will cease and the Poundland Perks app will be retired on 16 September, with existing Perks vouchers redeemable in stores until 15 January 2026.
• Further operational changes, including planned closures of distribution centres in Darton later this year and Bilston in early 2026, remain subject to High Court approval under a restructuring backed by Gordon Brothers’ reported £80 million funding.