DIY Week: Dobbies snaps up 31 Wyevale centres; Mike Ashley calls Debenhams administration a “national scandal”

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Dobbies snaps up 31 Wyevale centres

Dobbies Garden Centres has announced the acquisition of a further 31 centres from Wyevale, following its deal last autumn to take on six sites, including Woodcote Green Garden Centre.

The latest purchase increases the Dobbies estate to 69 centres, taking annual sales to over £300million and making it the largest garden centre operator in the UK. The company said the store portfolio is “highly complementary to Dobbies’ existing estate”, and completion of the deal will be phased across May and June 2019, with centres continuing to trade under the Wyevale name until sales are completed.

The latest round of centres taken on by Dobbies in this deal are: Altrincham, Andover, Beaconsfield, Brighton, Bury St Edmunds, Cadnam, Findern, Galton, Gosforth, Hare Hatch, Harlestone Heath, Havant, Hungerford, Keston, Leicester Rowena, Lelant, Marple, Moreton Park, Northampton, Pennine, Poppleton, Royston, Rugby, Shenstone, Stratford upon Avon, Stockton, Swansea, Swindon, Telford, Thornbury and...

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