Focus DIY administrators Ernst &Young have revealed the locations of all Focus stores purchased from retailers Wickes and B&M Bargains.

Kingfisher revealed earlier today the locations of the stores it has purchased.

Wickes has conditionally agreed to acquire 13 stores and it is ā€œenvisagedā€ that the staff at the stores will transfer to Wickes under the transaction, according to Ernst & Young.

The Focus stores purchased by Wickes are:

  • Beverley,East Yorkshire
  • Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
  • Burgess Hill, West Sussex
  • Chesham, Buckinghamshire
  • Hailsham, Sussex
  • Hertford, Hertfordshire
  • Hinckley, Leicestershire
  • Maldon, Essex
  • Nuneaton, Warwickshire
  • Rushden, Northants
  • Tunstall, Stoke on Trent
  • West Wickham, Kent
  • Winsford, Cheshire

B&M Bargains has conditionally agreed to acquire 11 stores. Ernst & Young said it too hopes to transfer Focus staff to B&M.

The Focus stores purchased by B&M Bargains are:

  • Alloa, Clackmannanshire                
  • Bathgate, West Lothian
  • Brownhills, West Midlands
  • Burnley, Lancashire
  • Coalville, Leicestershire              
  • Cramlington,  Northumberland             
  • Darlington, County Durham
  • Dunfermline, Fife             
  • Leek, Staffordshire
  • Shipley, West Yorkshire
  • Skipton , North Yorkshire

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