The owner of discount retailer Poundland will take over the lease of 71 of Wilko’s 400 stores after the chain’s collapse.

The Pepco Group will rebrand the branches under the Poundland name.

Around 12,500 jobs at the discount homeware retailer are at risk after the company announced attempts to rescue the chain had failed.

Wilko started closing its branches on Tuesday, with 28 more scheduled to shut tomorrow before the rest of its 346 shops across the UK cease trading by early next month.

Poundland managing director Barry Williams said: “In the coming weeks we will work quickly with landlords so we can open these stores as Poundlands with the new ranges that have been pivotal to our recent development.

“And once that process is complete, we will ensure a significant number of the Wilko colleagues will join our Poundland team.”

Will your local Wilko become a Poundland? Here’s the full list:

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Aberdare, Wales

Alfreton, Derbyshire

Alnwick, Northumberland

Altrincham, Greater Manchester

Ammanford, Carmarthenshire

Ashby, North Lincolnshire

Barking, London

Bedminster, Somerset

Beeston, Nottinghamshire

Bicester, Oxfordshire

Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire

Bletchley, Milton Keynes

Bolton, Greater Manchester

Brentwood, Essex

Brigg, North Lincolnshire

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Chepstow, Wales

Coalville, Leicestershire

Cramlington, Northumberland

Droitwich, Worcestershire

Eccles, Greater Manchester

Edmonton Green, Greater London

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

Ferndown, Dorset

Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

Grays, Essex

Greenock, Inverclyde

Grimsby, North Lincolnshire

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Havant, Hampshire

Hayes, Middlesex

Headingley, West Yorkshire

Hessle Road – Hull, East Yorkshire

Hillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Jarrow, South Tyneside

Killingworth, North Tyneside

Kimberley, Nottingham

Lee Circle, Leicester, East Midlands

Leek, Staffordshire

Leigh, Greater Manchester

Lichfield, Staffordshire

Maidenhead, Berkshire

Matlock, Derbyshire

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Nelson, Lancashire

Northallerton, North Yorkshire

Orton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire

Peterlee, County Durham

Pontefract, West Yorkshire

Pontypool, Wales

Redhill, Surrey

Redruth, Cornwall

Ripley, Derbyshire

Rugeley, Staffordshire

Sale, Greater Manchester

Seaham, County Durham

Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands

Shrewsbury Darwin Centre, Shropshire

South Shields, South Tyneside

Southport, Lancashire

Stafford, Staffordshire

Stamford, Lincolnshire

Stockport, Greater Manchester

Thornaby, North Yorkshire

Wellington, Shropshire

Wembley, London

West Ealing, London

Wombwell, South Yorkshire

Worcester, Worcestershire

Worksop, Nottinghamshire

This takeover follows the news earlier this week that fellow discount retailer B&M has swooped for 51 other Wilko stores – but a list has yet to be released.

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