![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/boots-to-start-closing-down-first-of-300-stores-within-weeks-is-yours-on-the-list/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ead1d623-7004-4ef4-90ff-2509ce972d06.jpg&description=GIVEN THE BOOT Boots to start closing down first of 300 stores within weeks – is yours on the list? BOOTS is to begin closing down the first of 300 stores within weeks. The popular pharmacy chain has confirmed the locations of seven stores which will be shutting their doors for good. 1 Boots is to begin closing down the first of 300 stores within weeks. Credit: Alamy It comes as part of wider closure plans that will see the chain's number of shops reduced from 2,200 to 1,900. At the time the plans were announced Boots had not confirmed which stores were set to shut. It did state that they would be sites where there are multiple shops in one area. Now, the health and beauty retailer has exclusively revealed to The Sun the first seven to pull their shutters down this year. Among the shops shutting their doors for goods are two in Wakefield, one in Glastonbury and another two in Woking. Some of the closures will be taking place later this year, while some will be closing as early as the end of the July. Boots has confirmed that all staff working in these locations will be offered alternative roles. Here is the full list of shops that have been confirmed to shut and their closure dates: Heathside Rd, Woking - end of July UEA campus - end of July Hamlet Ct Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea - August 1 Windhill Road, Wakefield - October 6 Upper Warrengate, Wakefield - October 7 Glastonbury - October 13 Guildford Road, Woking - end of October A spokesperson for Boots said: "We can confirm that the stores listed are part of the Boots store consolidation programme previously announced. "All team members from these stores will be offered alternative roles.' The pharmacy chain employs over 52,000 team members in total and it's expected that the wider closures will not lead to any redundancies. It will be shutting a total of 300 shops in the UK and 150 in the US. Last month in its quarterly results, Boots said: "Evolving the store estate in this way allows Boots to concentrate its team membe){kind=link}
BOOTS is to begin closing down the first of 300 stores within weeks.
The popular pharmacy chain has confirmed the locations of seven stores which will be shutting their doors for good.
It comes as part of wider closure plans that will see the chain’s number of shops reduced from 2,200 to 1,900.
At the time the plans were announced Boots had not confirmed which stores were set to shut.
It did state that they would be sites where there are multiple shops in one area.