Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. WHSmith-branded shops will disappear from UK high streets and be renamed TG Jones following a £76mn deal to ...

UK travel retailer WHSmith Group has finalised an agreement to sell its UK high street division to investment firm Modella Capital for £76m ($98m) on a cash and debt-free basis. This follows a ...

WH Smith has agreed to sell its UK High Steet business to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital as it announces a “focus on higher growth travel retail markets”. This means the WHSmith brand will disappear ...

WHSmith is set to shut 17 of its branches over the coming months, following a string of closures last year amid reports it could sell its 500-strong high street store business altogether. The historic ...

WH Smith (SMWH.L) has agreed to sell its UK high street chain to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital in a deal valuing it at £76 million, and will eventually rebrand as TGJones. The sale does not include ...

WH Smith has confirmed it is on track to sell its high street division to the private equity owner of Hobbycraft by the end of the month. The deal will see the WH Smith name disappear from British ...

12:12, Fri, Mar 28, 2025 Updated: 12:17, Fri, Mar 28, 2025 One of Britain’s best-known retail brands, WHSmith, is set to disappear from the High Street as hundreds of its stores are rebranded under a ...

12:10, Sat, May 31, 2025 Updated: 12:17, Sat, May 31, 2025 A major UK high street name has disappeared from yet another town as WH Smith closed the doors of one of its long-standing branches, leaving ...

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WH Smith has said it remains track to complete the sale of its UK high street chain to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital by the end of the month (PA) WH Smith has said it remains track to complete the ...

WH Smith has said it remains track to complete the sale of its UK high street chain to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital at the end of the month. The deal, which was agreed in March and values the high ...