Echo News
Three Peacocks stores in south Essex shutting down
4:16pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Three Peacocks stores in south Essex are shutting down with the loss of 45 jobs.
The stores in Basildon, Grays and Lakeside will be closing imminently.
There will be 12 redundancies at Basildon, 12 at Grays and 21 at Lakeside.
Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which is one of the UK’s largest high street chains, has taken over the failing chain.
The deal struck has protected around 6,000 jobs in the UK.