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

Huge high street brands are preparing to close down stores this week as they continue to be clobbered by the cost-of-living crunch. 

While retailers have felt the pinch since the pandemic, shoppers are cutting back on their spending due to rising inflation. 

Meanwhile, rocketing energy costs and a shift to online shopping are also taking their toll, causing many high street shops to struggle.

Some retailers are shutting a bunch of branches this week, while others are set to close for good. Are any of the affected shops near you? 

M&Co 

M&CO will be closing 38 of its stores for good this week, it has been confirmed

This week, M&CO will be closing 38 of its stores for good, according to The Sun. 

The chain will be permanently shutting the doors to all 170 of its locations this year. 

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

• Alexandria – April 18
• Alnwick – April 22
• 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 – April 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 Thames – April 20
• Hitchin – April 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 – April 23

M&S

Marks & Spencer will close another one of its branches this week. 

Its store in Castleford, West Yorkshire, is closing on Saturday, April 22. 

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

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

Marks and Spencer will shut another one of its branches this week. Its store in Castleford, West Yorkshire, is closing on Saturday, April 22

New Look

Fashion chain New Look will also shut the doors to one of its stores this week.

It comes after a line of closures earlier this year, which saw stores in Birmingham and Coventry shut permanently. 

Now it has confirmed that its branch in Cheshunt will close on Wednesday, April 19.

New Look has confirmed that its branch in Cheshunt will close on Wednesday, April 19

Banks 

There are 332 planned closures among banks for 2023, according to data from UK cash machine network LINK.

The list is as follows:  

Barclays 

• Bishop Auckland – April 21
• Keswick – April 21
• Leeds – 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 shut eight of its stores this week, its has been confirmed 

HSBC 

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

HSBC will shut six of its chains this week, including in Abergavenny and Cromer 

Halifax 

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

Lloyds 

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

 Nationwide

•  Gloucestershire (Kingswood) – April 20

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

Nationwide is closing one of its chains, in Gloucestershire