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We said goodbye to a range of high
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street staples in 2025 as retailers bore
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the brunt of consumer financial
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pressures and increased business costs.
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Here are some of the major companies who
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shut their doors for the final time.
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Poundland is among the change who
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suffered despite their buyer proposition
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of offering staple household items for
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the price that their name suggests. The
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group was sold for£1 as a result and
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launched a major restructuring plan.
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This involved the initial closure of 57
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stores in a move which put more than
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1,000 jobs at risk. The company which is
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bought by investment firm Gordon
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Brothers has since now further trenched
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the closures and is set to have shut
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more than 100 sites by the start of
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2026. In October, Peace Hook confirmed
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that 68 of the brand's UK restaurants
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were shut after business running its
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franchise in the country entered
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administration. It also short delivery
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sites as part of restructuring which put
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1,210 workers at risk of redundancy. DC
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London Pie, the firm running Pizza Peace
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Hooks UK dining restaurants, appointed
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administrators after being impacted by a
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slowdown in the sector. But a rare
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hospitality giant, Young Brand,
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purchased the remaining opening
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restaurants, saving 64 sites. Body Care
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was another brand disappear for good
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with all stores shutting up shop. It
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employed as many as 1,000 people earlier
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this year, but also came under pressure
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from rising costs and a shortfall in
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funding, which also affected supply
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relationships and led to stock
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shortages. And as confirmed just this
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week, accessory store Claire's known for
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being the first place many young people
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get their ears pierced in the UK,
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confirmed it was going into
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administration. Last stitch measures to
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save the retailer ultimately failed.
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Dela Capital, the investment firm which
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bought Claire's called it a tough
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decision and it will put 2,500 UK jobs
