Full list of shops and bank branches closing this week as high street hit by cost-of-living crisis

Major brands are preparing to close stores this week as they continue to be plagued by the cost of living.

While retailers have felt the pinch since the pandemic, customers are cutting back on their spending as the increase continues inflation.

Meanwhile, skyrocketing energy costs and the shift to online shopping are also taking their toll, leaving many high street shops struggling.

Names affected include M&Co, HSBC, M&S and Halifax. Are chain stores or bank branches closing in your area? Scroll further down to find out…

M&Co

M&Co will close 38 of its stores for good this week The sun.

The chain will definitively close the doors of all 170 branches this year.

This week’s list, confirmed on each store’s Facebook page, is as follows:

• Alnwick – April 22
• Alexandria – April 18
• Alton – April 18
• Attleborough – April 18
• Bexhill – April 20
• Billericay – April 18
• Blandford Forum – April 22
• Brighouse – April 20
• Castle Douglas – April 20
• Chesham – April 22
• Christchurch – Apr 20
• Cleveleys – April 22
• Dunoon – April 18
• East Grinstead – April 22
• Elgin – April 20
• Exmouth – April 20
• Garstang – April 20
• Glenrothes – April 20
• Guisborough – April 18
• Haddington – April 22
• Helensburgh – April 20
• Henley on the Thames – April 20
• Hitchin- Apr 23
• Inverurie – April 22
• Kirkintilloch – April 22
• Largs – April 22
• Milngavie – April 20
• Montrose – April 18
• Northallerton – April 22
• Oswestry – April 22
• Portishead – April 22
• Rickmansworth – April 21
• Romsey – April 18
• Saffron Walden – April 22
• St Neots – April 20
• Stroud – April 22
• Warminster – April 20
• Wokingham – Apr 23

M&Co will close 38 of its stores for good this week, it has been confirmed

The chain will definitively close the doors of all 170 branches this year

MRS

Marks & Spencer is closing another of its branches this week.

The store in Castleford, West Yorkshire, closes on Saturday.

The chain has already closed several branches, including in London.

It comes as the company announced it plans to close 67 of its stores over the next five years.

Marks and Spencer is closing another branch this week. The store in Castleford, West Yorkshire, closes on Saturday

New look

Fashion chain New Look will also close the doors of one of its branches this week.

It comes after a series of closures earlier this year, which saw stores in Birmingham and Coventry close for good.

Now it has confirmed that its branch in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, will no longer operate from Wednesday.

New Look has confirmed that the Cheshunt branch will close on Wednesday

Banks

According to data from UK ATM network LINK, there are 332 bank closures planned for 2023.

The list is as follows:

Barclays

• Bishop Auckland – April 21
• Keswick – April 21
• Leeds, Moortown – April 21
• London, Green Street – April 20
• London, Tower Bridge Road – April 19
• Milton Keynes – April 18
• Shenfield – April 19
• Warley – April 21

Barclays will close eight of its stores this week, it has been confirmed

HSBC

• Abergavenny – April 18
• Bexhill-On-Sea – April 18
• Blandford Forum – April 18
• Cromer – April 1
• Saint Austell – April 18
• St Ives – April 18

HSBC is closing six of its chains this week, including in Abergavenny and Cromer

Halifax

• Bangor – April 17
• Chester Le Street – April 19
• London (EC3M) – April 19

Lloyd’s

• Beckenham – April 20
• Norbury – April 19
• Pontefract – April 20

Rural

• Gloucestershire (Kingswood) – April 20

Lloyds will close three of its branches this week, including in Beckenham

Nationwide is closing one of its Gloucestershire branches