Major high street brand closing 41 stores - full list

A major high street fashion brand will close 41 of its UK stores. The health of the high street has been a hot topic of conversation as many well-known stores reduce their numbers in the UK, with Poundland, WH Smith and Hobbycraft among those shutting up shop in various locations.

Meanwhile, banks such as Lloyds and NatWest have already closed a significant number of high street branches. The latest high street staple to announce a reduction in the number of its stores in the UK is New Look. A number of its stores have already closed this year, with more closures to bring its 2025 total to 41.

The first New Look store to close in the UK in 2025 was its shop in Carillon Court Shopping Centre, Loughborough, which shut its doors for the last time on January 24.

This was followed by its store in Wickford, Essex on January 24, its store in Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales in February and its St Austell branch in Cornwall in March.

Meanwhile, New Look will shut nearly all of its stores in Ireland as it enters liquidation there. New Look once had 600 stores across the UK. However, its website currently states that there are now 338 stores, marking a stark decrease from 2018 to now.

The move is believed to have been sparked by last year's Autumn budget, in which Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced increased employment costs for businesses.

• Carillon Court Shopping Centre, Loughborough (Closed January 21)
• Wickford, Essex (closed January 24)
• Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales (Closed February 22)
• St Austell, Cornwall (Closed March 4)
• Valley Retail World in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (Closed March 9)
• Preston (Closed March 20)
• Bexleyheath, London (Closed April 19)
• Willow Place, Corby (Closed June 1)
• Northfield Shopping Centre, Birmingham (Closed June 8)
• Devizes, Wiltshire (Closed June 22)
• Hamilton, Scotland (Closed July 1)
• Neath, Wales (Closed August 6)
• Brunswick Centre, Scarborough (Closed September 17)
• The Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent (Closed October 14)
• Hinckley (Closing December 9)

• Northside Shopping Centre (Dublin)
• Liffey Valley Shopping Centre (Dublin)
• Tallaght (Dublin)
• Omni Park Shopping Centre (Dublin)
• Blanchardstown (Dublin)
• Jervis Street (Dublin)
• Wilton Shopping Centre (Cork)
• Ballincollig Shopping Centre (Cork)
• Blackpool Shopping Centre (Cork)Opera Lane (Cork)
• Galway City
• Gateway Retail Park (Galway)
• Ashbourne
• Bridgewater Shopping Centre, Arklow
• Fairgreen Shopping Centre, Carlow
• Navan Shopping Centre
• Whitewater Shopping Centre, Newbridge
• Clonmel
• Limerick
• Killarney
• Wexford
• Grand Parade, Mullingar
• Castlebar, County Mayo
• Dungarvan
• The Marshes Shopping Centre, Dundalk
• Letterkenny Retail Park

A spokesperson previously said that the company "concluded that it was no longer viable to continue trading in Ireland" following a review.