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Thomas Cook confirms 13 more shop closures
Thomas Cook has confirmed a further 13 shops are to close with the loss of up to 70 jobs.
The stores are among the 200 shops Cook said it was looking to shut over a two-year period following its merger with the Co-operative Travel and Midlands Co-op and as part of a cost-cutting drive announced last December.
Six Thomas Cook shops in Leeds, Coventry and Stony Stratford will close, four Co-op Travels in Mansfield, Bristol, Chingford and Leeds and and three Midlands Co-op shops will close.
Management have entered into a 30-day consultation with staff, some of whom may be redeployed elsewhere within the Grup.
Thomas Cook UK mainstream chief executive Ian Ailles said: "We can confirm that, as part of our business-as-usual review of our retail stores and as part of the previous announcement made in December 2011, we’re proposing to close a small number of stores and are now undertaking 30 days consultation with our colleagues."
By Linsey McNeill
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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