Poundland has confirmed that another store will shut down in September, after a wave of locations closed their doors back in August.

The chain operates 800 stores nationwide, but the company hopes to significantly reduce this number to between 650 and 700.

This includes the 68 stores closing by mid-October, as well as additional stores shutting when leases expire and are not renewed.

These restructuring plans were outlined in June by the investment firm Gordon Brothers.

The company was sold to the American firm over the summer as part of a deal that included major restructuring and an £80m cash boost.

Poundland recieved a court approval it's a major restructuring plan on Tuesday, August 26.

The court was told that if the scheme had not been approved, the company would have run out of

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