THE Lakeland fashion store located in the heart of Beverley is facing closure after its owner went into administration.
Stores in Kendal, Spalding, Gloucester and Antrim are to be closed immediately.
The Lakeland store in Beverley's Saturday market is on a list of 18 outlets which will stay open as the administrators work with management to save the business. Eight jobs in Beverley are at risk.
A statement released from Lakeland Leather says the retailer has suffered from "high fixed costs and a weight of unprofitable stores due to expensive lease costs".
Closing down sales have started across the entire estate in order to liquidate stocks to settle creditor claims.
It is hoped that heavy discounting across all leather goods and summer fashion lines will help keep the stores trading until the business is rescued.
The news is another blow to Beverley, coming a month after menswear Burton issued a statement announcing it will not be renewing the lease on its premises in Toll Gavel.
The Lakeland store located in Butcher Row, Beverley, is a different company and is not part of the closures.Stores under threat:
Ambleside
Keswick
Bowness on Windermere
Kendal
Morpeth
Carlisle
Gretna
Chester
Manchester
Cheshire Oaks
Southport
Beverley
York
Northallerton
Castleford
Street
Bridgend
SwindonStores closed immediately
K-Village Kendal
Spalding
Gloucester
Antrim
