Administrators for the agency confirmed final month that its 400 shops would shut after rescue talks with potential suitors failed, with nearly all of its 12,500 staff shedding their jobs.
Here, the PA news company seems to be at what led to Wilko’s collapse and what the long run might nonetheless maintain.
By 1941 it was merely generally known as Wilkinson and grew as a {hardware} chain throughout UK excessive streets.
The firm, which simplified its identify additional to simply Wilko in 2014, grew to function about 400 shops and make use of 12,500 individuals in each its retailers and Worksop headquarters earlier this yr.
