Carpetright Colchester store is expected to close

It was announced on Monday the flooring retailer Tapi had agreed to buy 54 Carpetright stores, two warehouses, the brand and its intellectual property in a pre-pack administration deal.

However, the deal will not save the majority of the business, including its head office in Purfleet.

Various stores in Essex are among the 213 stores expected to close over the coming days, including sites in Colchester and Braintree.

Here is a full list of the stores expected to close, as provided by PwC, with the Essex branches in bold.

– Aberdeen

– Aberdeen – Bridge Of Don

– Aberystwyth

– Abingdon

– Altrincham

– Andover

– Ashford

– Ashington

– Ashton-under-Lyne

– Aylesbury

– Ayr

– Banbury

– Barnstaple

– Barrow-in-Furness

– Bath

– Bedford

– Belfast – Boucher Road

– Belfast – Newtownabbey

– Berwick

– Blackburn

– Blackpool

– Blyth

– Bolton

– Bolton (FV)

– Bracknell

– Braintree

– Brentford

– Bridgend

– Brighton

– Bristol – Cribbs

– Bristol Eagleswood Hub

– Bromley

– Burton upon Trent

– Bury St Edmunds

– Caerphilly

– Cambridge

– Cannock – Orbital

– Canterbury

– Cardiff – Culverhouse Cross

– Cardiff – Newport Road

– Carlisle

– Chadwell Heath

– Chelmsford

– Chelmsford (inside Furniture Village)

– Cheltenham

– Chester

– Christchurch

– Colchester

– Colindale

– Coventry – Alvis

– Crawley

– Crawley (FV)

– Crewe

– Croydon (FV)

– Cwmbran

– Dartford

– Derby

– Devizes

– Dorchester

– Dundee

– Dunfermline

– Dunstable

– Durham

– East Dereham

– East Grinstead

– East Kilbride

– Eastbourne

– Edinburgh – Newcraighall

– Edinburgh – Straiton

– Edmonton

– Elgin

– Enfield (FV)

– Evesham

– Exeter

– Falkirk

– Fareham

– Farnham

– Feltham

– Frome

– Gateshead

– Gerrards Cross

– Gillingham

– Glasgow GWR

– Glastonbury

– Glenrothes

– Gravesend

– Guernsey

– Guildford (FV)

– Guiseley

– Hanley

– Harlow

– Hartlepool

– Harwich

– Hastings

– Havant

– Haverfordwest

– Hazel Grove

– High Wycombe – Bellfield Rd

– Horsham

– Hull – Clough Road

– Hull – St Andrews Quay

– Huntingdon

– Inverness

– Ipswich – Euro

– Irvine

– Isle of Wight

– Jersey

– Keighley

– Kendal

– Kettering

– Kingston (FV)

– Kirkcaldy

– Leeds Birstall (FV)

– Leicester

– Letchworth

– Lincoln

– Liverpool – Aintree

– Livingston

– Llandudno

– Llanidloes – Hafren Furnishers

– London – Beckton

– London – Charlton

– London – Ealing Common

– London – Hammersmith

– London – Old Kent Road

– London – Staples Corner

– London – Streatham

– London – Walworth

– Lowestoft

– Manchester – Trafford Park

– Manchester (FV)

– Market Harborough

– Merthyr Tydfil

– Milton Keynes

– Newhaven

– Newport

– Newton Abbot

– Northallerton (within Barkers)

– Northampton

– Northampton (FV)

– Norwich – Sweet Briar

– Nottingham – Arnold

– Nottingham – Castle Meadow

– Nuneaton

– Oldbury

– Orpington

– Oswestry

– Oxford

– Oxford 2

– Paisley

– Perth

– Poole – Wessex Gate

– Portsmouth

– Preston

– Rayleigh

– Reading – Reading Gate

– Redditch

– Reigate

– Rochdale

– Romford – Gallows Corner

– Romford – Rom Valley

– Rugby

– Salisbury

– Sevenoaks

– Sheffield – Atkinsons Dept

– Sheffield – Drakehouse

– Sheffield – Meadowhall

– Shrewsbury

– Sittingbourne

– Slough

– Solihull

– South Ruislip

– Southampton – Nursling

– Southend

– Staines

– Stamford

– Stevenage

– Stirling

– Stockton Storeys

– Sudbury

– Sutton

– Swansea – Llansamlet

– Tamworth

– Taunton

– Telford (FV)

– Thetford

– Tonbridge

– Torquay

– Tunbridge Wells

– Uddingston

– Wakefield

– Wallasey

– Walton-on-Thames

– Warrington – Alban

– Warrington – Pinners Brow

– Washington Hub

– Waterlooville

– Watford

– Wednesbury (FV)

– Wellingborough

– Welwyn Garden City

– West Drayton

– West Thurrock

– Whitehaven

– Winchester

– Wisbech

– Wokingham

– Wolverhampton

– Worcester

– Worksop

– Wrexham

– York – Clifton Moor

– York (FV)