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The Body Shop has published the full list of stores that are to close – and which will stay open – as it announced 489 jobs will go over next four to six weeks.

While 116 shops will continue trading, 75 will shut over the next four to six weeks – in addition to the seven immediate closures confirmed two weeks ago.

The Body Shop had announced it entered administration and, as a result, was closing nearly half of its stores in the UK and cutting 40% of roles at its London headquarters.

The portfolio of nearly 200 shops was said to be “no longer viable” after “years of unprofitability”.

The shops closing are in:

Aylesbury

Banbury

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Barnstaple

Basildon

Battersea

Bedford

Beverley

Bexleyheath

Blackburn

Blackpool

Bournemouth Commercial Rd

Bolton

Brixton

Broughton Park

Bury

Camberley

Carlisle

Carmarthen

Chippenham

Cirencester

Croydon

Didcot

Durham

East Kilbride

Edinburgh Gyle Centre

Edinburgh Princes Mall

Epsom

Fareham

Farnborough

Glasgow Braehead

Glasgow Fort

Glasgow Silverburn

Glasgow Station

Grimsby

Halifax

Harlow

Hastings

Hempstead Valley

High Wycombe

Huddersfield

Hull

Ilford

Ipswich

Isle of Wight

Islington

Kendal

Kings Lynn

Leeds White Rose

Lewisham Centre

Lichfield

Loughborough

Luton

Macclesfield

Middlesbrough

Morpeth

Newton Abbot

Northampton

Oldham

Perth

Peterborough Queensgate

Portsmouth

Regent Street

Salisbury

Stafford

Stanstead Airside

Stratford Upon Avon

Swansea

Telford

Thanet

Trowbridge

Wakefield Trinity Walk

Walthamstow

Wigan

Woking

Wolverhampton

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Remaining open are:

Aberdeen

Ashford Outlet

Basingstoke

Bath

Belfast Victoria Square

Birmingham New St.

Birmingham Bullring

Bluewater

Bracknell Lexicon

Bradford Broadway

Braintree Outlet

Brent Cross

Bridgend Outlet

Brighton

Bristol Cabot Circus

Broadgate

Bromley

Bury St Edmonds

Cannock Outlet

Cardiff St Davids

Castleford Outlet

Canterbury Whitefriars

Chelmsford

Cheltenham

Chesire Oaks Outlet

Chester Foregate Street

Chesterfield

Chichester

Clarks Village Outlet

Colchester

Coventry

Crawley County Mall

Cribbs Causeway

Dalton Park Outlet

Derby Intu

Doncaster Lakeside Outlet

Dudley

Dundee

Dunfermline

Ealing

East Midlands Outlet

Eastbourne

Edinburgh St James

Enfield

Fleetwood Outlet

Foyleside

Glasgow St. Enoch

Gloucester

Gretna Outlet

Guildford High Street

Gunwharf Outlet

Harrogate

Harrow

Hatfield

Hereford Commercial St

Hounslow Treaty Centre

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Inverness

Kingston-Upon-Thames

Lancaster

Leamington Spa

Leeds Briggate

Leicester New Shires

Lincoln Waterside

Liverpool One

Livingston Outlet

Llandudno

London Bridge

Lowry Outlet

Maidstone

Manchester Arndale Centre

Manchester Royal Ex

Meadowhall High St

Metro Centre Platinum Mall

Milton Keynes

Newcastle Eldon Sq

Nottingham Bridlesmith Gate

Oxford Street Soho

Oxford Westgate

Poole

Preston

Reading

Romford

Rushden Lakes

Shrewsbury

Skipton

Solihull

Southampton West Quay

Southend

Spalding

St. Albans

Staines

Stockport

Stratford City Westfield

Sunderland

Sutton

Swindon Outlet

Talke Hanley Outlet

Taunton

Thurrock

Trafford Park

Truro

Tunbridge Wells Royal Victoria Place

Uxbridge Market Square

Warrington

Watford

Wembley Outlet

White City Westfield

Whiteley Village

Wimbledon

Winchester

Windsor

Worcester

Worthing

York Coppergate Walk

York Depot

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Administrators lined up for North Sea oilfield services group Petrofac

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Administrators are on standby this weekend to handle the collapse of Petrofac, the oil and energy services group – an insolvency which could threaten the future of more than 2,000 jobs in Scotland.

Sky News has learnt that directors of Petrofac has lined up Teneo for an administration process which could be confirmed as early as Monday morning.

The company’s board, chaired by former Anglo American finance director Rene Medori, is said to be holding emergency talks this weekend.

One industry executive said a decision to file for administration was likely to be taken before the stock market opens on Monday.

Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, and other ministers have been briefed on the situation, with more than 2,000 Scottish-based jobs potentially at risk.

Kroll, the advisory firm, has been engaged by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to work with ministers and officials on the unfolding crisis.

Government sources claimed this weekend that Petrofac’s UK operations were “growing”.

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“This government is supporting jobs and investment in Scotland including building a world leading carbon capture industry in the North Sea, alongside our biggest ever investment in offshore wind,” one official said.

A source close to Petrofac said on Saturday that the UK arm of the group had not been beset by any lossmaking contracts and would be in a strong position to secure its future.

The administration process would affect the parent company, Petrofac Limited, which does not directly employ the company’s workforce, they added.

Petrofac’s potential collapse comes at a sensitive time for Mr Miliband, who is coming under enormous pressure to permit more North Sea oil and gas drilling despite Labour’s manifesto commitment not to grant licences on new fields.

Petrofac employs about 7,300 people globally, according to a recent stock exchange filing.

It designs, constructs and operates offshore equipment for energy companies.

The company’s shares have been suspended since April.

Petrofac, which now has a market capitalisation of barely £20m, has been mired in financial trouble for years.

Once-valued at more than £6bn, it has been drowning in a sea of debt, and faced a Serious Fraud Office investigation which resulted in a 2021 conviction for failing to prevent bribery, and the payment of more than $100m in penalties.

In a stock exchange announcement on Thursday, Petrofac said the cancellation of a contract by TenneT, an operator of electricity grids in Europe which is its biggest customer, meant that a solvent restructuring was now not viable.

“Having carefully assessed the impact of TenneT’s decision, the Board has determined that the restructuring, which had last week reached an advanced stage, is no longer deliverable in its current form,” the company said.

“The group is in close and constant dialogue with its key creditors and other stakeholders as it actively pursues alternative options for the group.

“In the meantime, Petrofac remains focused on serving its clients and maintaining operational capability and delivery of services across its businesses.”

Founded in 1981 in Texas, Petrofac has been in talks about a far-reaching financial restructuring for more than a year.

A formal restructuring plan was sanctioned by the High Court in May 2025 with the aim of writing off much of its debt and injecting new equity into the business.

This was subsequently overturned, prompting talks with creditors about a revised agreement.

If Petrofac does fall into administration, it is expected to be broken up, with some of its assets – including key contracts – likely to be taken over by other industry players.

Petrofac has been contacted for comment.

A DESNZ spokesman declined to comment.

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Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack pushes overall UK car production down more than a quarter

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UK car production fell by more than a quarter (27.1%) last month as a cyberattack at Jaguar Land Rover halted manufacturing at the plant, industry figures show.

The total number of vehicles coming off assembly lines – including cars and vans – fell an even sharper 35.9%, according to September data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

“Largely responsible” for the drop was the five-week pause in production at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) due to a malicious cyber attack, as other car makers reported growth.

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JLR’s assembly lines in the West Midlands and Halewood on Merseyside were paused from late August to early October as a result.

During this time, not a single vehicle was made. Production has since restarted, but the attack is believed to have been the “most financially damaging” in UK history at an estimated cost of £1.9bn, according to the security body the Cyber Monitoring Centre.

It was the lowest number of cars made in any September in the UK since 1952, including during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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Despite the restart, the sector remains “under immense pressure”, the SMMT’s chief executive Mike Hawes said.

The phased restart of operations led to a small boost in manufacturing output this month, according to a closely watched survey.

Of the cars that were made, nearly half (47.8%) were battery electric, plug-in hybrid or hybrid.

The vast majority, 76% of the total vehicles output, were made for export.

The top destinations are the European Union, US, Turkey, Japan and South Korea.

JLR was just the latest business to be the subject of a cyberattack.

Harrods, the Co-Op, and Marks and Spencer, are among the companies that have struggled in the past year with such attacks.

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English Championship side Sheffield Wednesday file for administration

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Championship club Sheffield Wednesday have filed for administration, according to a court filing, which will result in the already struggling side being hit with a 12-point deduction.

The South Yorkshire club currently sit bottom of the Championship, the second tier of English football, with just six points from 11 games.

Known as The Owls, Wednesday are one of the oldest surviving clubs in world football, with more than 150 years of history.

Court records confirm the club have filed for administration. A notice was filed at a specialist court at 10.01am.

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Sky’s Rob Harris reports on the news that Sheffield Wednesday have filed for administration

What has happened?

The Owls, who host Oxford United on Saturday, have been in turmoil for a long time.

On 3 June, owner Dejphon Chansiri, a Thai canned fish magnate who took over the club in 2015, was charged with breaching EFL regulations regarding payment obligations.

Sheffield Wednesday fans protest the ownership at a game away to Leeds United in January. Pic: Reuters
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Weeks later, Mr Chansiri said he was willing to sell the club in a statement on their official website.

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Their crisis deepened just days later when another embargo was imposed on the club relating to payments owed to HMRC, before players and staff were not paid on time on 30 June.

In the months that followed, forwards Josh Windass and Michael Smith left the club by mutual consent. Manager Danny Rohl, now at Rangers, also left by mutual consent.

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Frustrated Sheffield Wednesday supporters have targeted their embattled club’s owner in a highly-visible protest during their opening match of the season.

The Owls were forced to close the 9,255-capacity North Stand at Hillsborough after a Prohibition Notice was issued by Sheffield City Council.

‘Current uncertainty’

On 6 August, the EFL released a statement, saying: “We are clear that the current owner needs either to fund the club to meet its obligations or make good on his commitment to sell to a well-funded party, for fair market value – ending the current uncertainty and impasse.”

On 13 August, the Prohibition Notice was lifted, but a month later, news emerged of a winding-up petition over £1m owed to HMRC.

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Last season, Wednesday finished 12th. They had already been placed under registration embargoes in the last two seasons after being hit by a six-point deduction during the 2020/21 campaign, for breaching profit and sustainability rules.

With a 12-point deduction, the Owls would be 15 points away from safety in the Championship.

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