Poundland has announced plans to open a further 26 stores across the UK as lockdown measures are slowly eased. The discount retailer said trading will resume again this week after 51 shops reopened earlier this month.
Poundland said that while it had kept most of its stores open for essential shopping, around 100 were temporarily shut in March.
The closed shops were largely where there was another Poundland nearby or where shopping centres found it difficult to remain open, it added.
Managing director Barry Williams said: "As an essential retailer, we've continued to support customers in hundreds of towns - especially those who manage their budgets week-to-week and find it difficult to bulk buy. "And our store colleagues have done much