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HMV will close almost 70 stores as part of its on-going administration process.

The stores are listed below, and marks a key moment in the retailer’s bid to find a buyer – with Hilco UK the most likely candidate. Hilco UK – which owns HMV Canada – has acquired the HMV debt.

The closures will impact 930 staff. No date has been set for the closures.

Deloitte administrator Nick Edwards said: As part of our ongoing review of HMV’s financial position, we have now completed a review of the store portfolio and have identified 66 loss making stores for closure. This step has been taken in order to enhance the prospects of securing the business’ future as a going concern.

We continue to receive strong support from staff and are extremely grateful to them for their commitment during an understandably difficult period. All other key stakeholders remain very supportive and I continue to be hopeful of securing a future for the restructured business.”

THE LIST OF STORES THAT FACE CLOSURE:

Ashton-under-Lyne

Ballymena

Barnsley

Bayswater

Belfast Boucher Road

Belfast Forestside

Bexleyheath

Birkenhead

Birmingham Fort

Blackburn

Boston

Bournemouth Castlepoint

Bracknell

Burton-upon-Trent

Camberley

Chesterfield

Coleraine

Craigavon

Croydon Centrale

Derry

Dumfries

Durham

Edinburgh Fort

Edinburgh Gyle Centre

Edinburgh Ocean

Edinburgh Princes Street

Edinburgh St James

Falkirk

Fulham

Glasgow – Fort

Glasgow – Silverburn

Glasgow Braehead

Huddersfield

Kirkcaldy

Leamington Spa

Leeds White Rose

Lisburn

Loughborough

Luton

Manchester 90

Moorgate

Newry

Newtonabbey

Orpington

Rochdale

Scunthorpe

South Shields

Speke Park

St Albans

St Helens

Stockton-on-Tees

Tamworth

Teesside

Telford

Trocadero

Wakefield

Walsall

Walton-on-Thames

Wandsworth

Warrington

Watford

Wellingborough

Wigan

Wood Green

Workington

Wrexham