The latest string of Poundworld store closures is set to affect 40 sites across the country.

Here is a list of the locations of each store and the number of staff affected:

Location and total headcount

Aberdeen 14
Ashton Under Lyne 16
Bangor 10
Belfast 15
Blackwood 12
Bury 15
Castleford 14
Chatham 13
Crystal Peaks 12
Doncaster 9
Dunfermline 13
East Kilbride 16
Edmonton 9
Guiseley 14
Hull 13
Irvine (Rivergate Shopping Centre) 13
Irvine (Riverway Retail Park) 12
Kettering BB 20
Middlesbrough 10
Newbury 11
Newcastle 13
Newport 11
Newtownards 18
Perth 8
Peterlee 11
Plymouth 18
Preston 18
Queensferry 8
Redcar 11
Robroyston 11
Rochdale 16
Rotherham Parkgate 9
Southend 13
Southport 13
St Helens 15
Sutton 13
Swindon 27
Tottenham 14
West Bromwich 13
Wigan 10

Total: 531