03/06/2016

Hundreds Of BHS Jobs Lost

It is understood around 200 jobs are to go at four BHS department stores in Northern Ireland.

The stores are located in Belfast, Holywood, Lisburn and Newtownabbey.

On Thursday, it was announced that the retailer is to go into liquidation after efforts to find a buyer for the store failed. In total, up to 11,000 jobs will be lost across the UK.

BHS entered administration in April.

(JP/LM)

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