William Hill closures: Jobs at risk across Chichester and Bognor

Five betting shops are at risk of closure across Chichester and Bognor Regis as William Hill announced this morning it would but closing about 700 shops.

By Joe Stack

Published 4th Jul 2019, 11:52 BST

William Hill in East Street, Chichester. Picture via Google Streeview

A spokesman for the company said: "William Hill has entered into a consultation process with retail colleagues over plans to close around 700 licensed betting offices. This follows the Government’s decision to reduce the maximum stake on B2 gaming products to £2 on 1 April 2019.

"Since then the company has seen a significant fall in gaming machine revenues, in line with the guidance given when the Government’s decision was announced in May 2018.

"A large number of redundancies is anticipated with 4,500 colleagues at risk. The Group will look to apply voluntary redundancy and redeployment measures extensively and will be providing support to all colleagues throughout the process.

"Subject to the outcome of the consultation process, shop closures are likely to begin before the end of the year."

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