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ECONOMY • UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND

Poundland faces administration, with up to 12,000 jobs at risk

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Poundland’s owner has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators, putting up to 12,000 jobs at risk, according to the Guardian. The retailer has not yet been placed into administration, and the reports do not say its stores have closed.

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Why it matters

The potential administration puts jobs and a major discount retailer’s operations in the UK and Ireland at risk. The supplied reports identify no direct U.S. impact.