Comet administrator Deloitte has earmarked 41 shops are to close by the end of this month. Here is a list of the first 27, which all began closing down Sales on Saturday.

The stores are:

  • Aylesbury
  • Barnstaple
  • Barrow-in-Furness
  • Beckton
  • Birmingham Perry Bar
  • Brighton
  • Bury St Edmunds
  • Christchurch
  • Crawley
  • Falkirk
  • Glasgow – Great Western
  • Gloucester (St Oswalds)
  • Guildford
  • Halifax
  • Harlow
  • Leeds – Crown Point
  • Luton
  • Margate
  • New Malden
  • Orpington
  • Rugby
  • Selly Oak
  • Sheffield – Drake House
  • Southend
  • Wrexham
  • Yeading
  • Yeovil