A year ago today, retail giant Wilko started shutting its shops across the county. While several units have been filled, gaping holes have been left in some town centres, as Louis Walker reports… “People just aren’t coming through here anymore. I mean, today, it is dead as a dodo.” Shopper Debra McGee’s observation on the Park Mall shopping centre in Ashford encapsulates how some town centres are still reeling from the sudden loss of Wilko. It was 12 months ago today that the retail giant started closing its stores – just a month after declaring bankruptcy – with 12,500 people losing their job…
