JPS Footwear to close after 25 years.
The recession and the high costs of business rates are being blamed by the owner of a long-running Burnham-On-Sea shoe store which announced its closure on Friday afternoon. JPS Footwear is one of the South West’s biggest discount shoe stores, but will close it’s doors on June the 6th 2009.
Director Geoff Shickle said:
These are difficult times for all businesses, the retail world in particular. We have run a very successful business for a quarter of a century, and closure would not have been considered if escalating costs, beyond our control, were likely to be capped.
Job losses = 6
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