THE company which was appointed as the administrator for discount retailer Wilko last year has made offers to surrender its tenancy of four of its former sites in North Wales.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) assumed all control of Wilko after the company fell into administration in August 2023.

But on Thursday (August 29), PwC confirmed to the Chronicle that it has now made offers to surrender its tenancy of the old Wilko stores in Rhyl, Llandudno, Pwllheli and Holyhead.

A PwC spokesperson was unable to provide information regarding any possible offers for tenancy of the old Wilko stores made by other parties.

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The Wilko stores in Rhyl, Llandudno, Pwllheli and Holyhead shut for good last September, and have remained vacant since then.

In a deal worth roughly £13million, Wilko had about 50 of its stores saved by rival chain B&M after it fell into administration last year, but the aforementioned four were not among them.

Another Wilko store in North Wales (Porthmadog) did become a B&M in January.

More than 1,000 redundancies were made as a result of Wilko’s store closures.

Edward Williams, joint administrator, said last year: “In the absence of viable offers for the whole business, very sadly, store closures and redundancies of team members from those stores are now necessary, in addition to the already announced redundancies at the support centre and distribution centres.

“We know this has been a deeply unsettling time for everyone concerned.

“And (we) would like to express our gratitude to all Wilko team members for the dedication and support they have continued to give the business in the most trying of circumstances.”