Doubts over Yarmouth store’s future

Tuesday 9th February 2010
There are doubts over the future of the retailer who took over the empty Woolworth’s store in Great Yarmouth last year.

The Ethel Austin company called in administrators because of the continued poor economy and poor trading in the bad weather.

Now staff and customers of the store and sister homeware chain Au Naturale are waiting to see if a buyer can be found.

Stores will remain open in the meantime but administrators MCR said they could not rule out closures and redundancies after it assessed the retailer's books.

It is the second time in two years that Ethel Austin, which has 276 stores, 3,714 staff and a headquarters in Liverpool, has gone into administration.

Yarmouth's Ethel Austin and Au Naturale opened in November on the Market Place with more than 150 people queuing to take advantage of special offers. It created about 20 jobs.

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